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(LWJ) — Unmanned US Predator or Reaper strike aircraft killed killed 15 Taliban fighters, including two commanders of a faction considered to be “good Taliban by the Pakistani government, during a pair of strikes in South Waziristan today. The US has carried out three strikes in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency in five days.
In the first strike, drones fired four missiles at a vehicle traveling in the Drey Nishtar area of South Waziristan, near the Afghan border, killing two Taliban commanders and six fighters loyal to Mullah Nazir, AFP reported. “Amir Hamza and Shamsullah,” two of Nazir’s commander, “were considered important for Nazir,” Pakistani official told the news agency.
In the second strike, Predators fired several missiles at a vehicle traveling in the Shawal area of South Waziristan, killing seven Taliban fighters, according to Geo News. No senior terrorist commanders or operatives have been reported killed in the second strike.