Two suspected US 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 drones fired missiles on Taliban hideouts, killing at least 31 people over two days, he added, with all three attacks taking place on the Afghan side. “Twenty people were killed yesterday, mostly from the Afghan Taliban, and elevan more were killed in today’s attack,” Wazir said. “There were some mud-built houses which were being used by the mujahideen (Afghan Taliban fighters),” said a member of the Afghan Taliban, who asked not to be identified. “The drones fired six missiles on Monday and two more today, targeting two, three different compounds.”No prominent militants were in the area, he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 17, 2017 12:45 UTC