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Suspected US missile strike kills 26: Pakistani officials

It was the first suspected US drone attack in Kurram, one of seven semi-autonomous tribal areas in Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan, where the Taliban are fighting US-led, NATO and Western-backed Afghan forces.
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 Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 16, 2009
 A suspected US missile strike on Monday destroyed an Afghan Taliban camp and killed 26 in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Kurram, security officials said.

At least one missile fired by a suspected drone struck the Taliban centre in Bhagan, part of a remote mountain stronghold for the hardline movement waging a fierce insurgency across the border in Afghanistan.

"One missile fired by a suspected US drone destroyed the Taliban centre," a top Pakistani security official told AFP.

"Nine dead bodies were taken to Afghanistan, while the burial of 17 is under way in the area," a security official told AFP.

Another security official confirmed the toll of 26.

It was the first suspected US drone attack in Kurram, one of seven semi-autonomous tribal areas in Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan, where the Taliban are fighting US-led, NATO and Western-backed Afghan forces.

One security official said most of the dead were Afghan Taliban fighters and that commanders had been staying at the hideout, which was used to store weapons and lodge militants resting from bouts of fighting in Afghanistan.

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Suspected US missile strike kills 27: Pakistani officials
 Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 14, 2009
 A suspected US missile strike destroyed a major Taliban training camp in Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 27 mainly Al-Qaeda foreign operatives, security officials said.






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