Miranshah- The death toll in the two US drone strikes on Wednesday night has reached sixteen. According to reports at least 10 people were killed in a second drone strike in North Waziristan.
The two drone strikes were the first by the unmanned aircraft during the current year and come after the terrorist attack at Karachi’s Jinnah International airport.
Sources said the second drone targeted a house and fired 8 missiles near Miranshah, headquarters of the restive agency. As a result, 10 people were killed. Earlier, in the first attack by the predator in Tibbi, Ghulam Khan Goth in Miranshah, six suspected militants were killed. According to sources, a US drone fired two missiles at the house, killing four Uzbek militants and two Punjabi-Taliban militants.