PESHAWAR: At least three suspected militants were killed in an alleged United States (US) drone strike on Thursday targeting a militant compound in Afghanistan’s Paktia province near the Pak-Afghan border, officials said. The Paktia provincial governor’s spokesperson Abdullah Asrat said the drone strike took place on Afghan soil, in the Patan district. He also gave a higher death toll, saying that seven militants were killed, including two commanders, and that two were wounded. According to two Pakistani intelligence officials, the unmanned drone fired two missiles at the Ghaznavi compound of the Haqqani network’s commander Abdur Rasheed. Pakistan opposes the drone strikes, saying they violate its sovereignty and says it has eradicated militant sanctuaries.

Source: Pakistan Today November 30, 2017 06:00 UTC