Reuters: Suspected U.S. drone strikes kill 31 on Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier
PARACHINAR/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two suspected U.S. drone strikes on Tuesday killed 11 people on the mountainous Pakistan-Afghanistan border, following a strike a day earlier that killed 20, government and militant sources said.
The attacks came days after a Canadian-American couple held hostage by the Taliban were freed from the area in Pakistan’s northwest, striking a rare positive note in the country’s often-fraught relations with the United States.
On Friday, U.S. drones were seen hovering near where American Caitlan Coleman, her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, and their three children, all born in captivity, were freed, after having been kidnapped by the Haqqani network while backpacking in Afghanistan in 2012.
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WNU Editor: The Pakistani Foreign Minister is asking the U.S. to stop these drone strikes .... Pak FM asks US to stop airstrikes as drones target Haqqani network in Kurram Agency (Khaama Press). Other Pakistani agencies are saying that no drone strikes occurred .... No drone strikes took place in Kurram Agency: ISPR (GOE-TV). More denials here .... After day-long silence, ISPR says no US drone strikes in Kurram (Express Tribune). So .... was there a drone strike or two .... who knows.
More News On Today's Drone Strikes Targeting The Haqqani Network
Death toll from US drone strike in Pakistan rises to 26: officials -- AFP
Deadly US airstrikes target Haqqani network compound in Pakistan’s Kurram Agency -- Khaama Press
Suspected U.S. Drone Strikes Kill 20 Militants Near Pakistani-Afghan Border -- RFE
US drones kill 31 on Afghan border as Pakistan calls for restraint -- Pakistan Today
Militant Haqqani Network - a brief history -- DW
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