Unauthorized US strikes kill 13 Pakistanis

Sun Nov 7, 2010

Two non-UN sanctioned U-S drone attacks have killed at least 13 people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, Pakistani security officials say.

Security officials said an unmanned American plane fired two missiles at a vehicle in the North Waziristan Agency.

The vehicle was destroyed completely, leaving five people dead.

The US has stepped up its unauthorized airstrikes in Pakistan since US President Barack Obama took office in 2009.

Earlier this year, US media reported that Obama had given the go-ahead to expansion of CIA-operated air strikes.

The US claims the drone strikes target militants who cross the Pakistani border into neighboring Afghanistan. Official figures, however, show the attacks mostly result in the death of civilians.

Pakistan has repeatedly condemned and called for an end to the unsanctioned drone strikes.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://presstv.ir/detail/150022.html.