Pakistani intelligence officials: U.S. drone strike kills 20 militants near Afghan border

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — American-fired missiles killed 20 Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, most of them members of a powerful insurgent network fighting the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Two missiles slammed into a house close to the town of Miran Shah in North Waziristan, a militant hotspot that lies just across the border from Afghanistan, the officials said on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

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Anthony Faiola 10 Aug, 2011


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