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'US strike' kills 15 in Pakistan 'US strikes' on Pakistan villages
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At least 15 people have been killed in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan, security officials said. More than 20 people have been killed in two suspected US missile attacks in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, security officials said.
They said the attack hit a house in the village of Mir Ali, in North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan. About 15, including an al-Qaeda leader, were killed in an attack near the village of Mirali, North Waziristan.
Reports said the target of the attack was an al-Qaeda operative, but it was unclear if he was among the dead. In a second attack, seven people were killed in South Waziristan.
Officials named the man as Abu Kasha, believed to be Iraqi. Residents said a Pakistani tribesman lived in the house. The US military has not commented. The US military has not commented. It has launched many missile strikes from Afghanistan against suspected militant targets recently.
The US has launched many missile strikes from Afghanistan against suspected militant targets recently. Officials named the al-Qaeda leader in Mir Ali as Abu Kasha, believed to be Iraqi.
On Friday the two missiles were fired by a pilotless "drone" aircraft, anonymous officials told Reuters news agency. Local officials told the BBC that at 2030 (1430 GMT), a drone fired two missiles and destroyed the target - a house in the Esori area about 30km from the town of Mirali.
On Sunday, a suspected US missile strike killed 20 people, including a top Taleban commander Mohammad Omar in South Waziristan, witnesses and officials said. Militant
They confirmed that Abu Akash was inside the building when the attack took place.
Abu Akash was a well-known militant in the region and had been living in the area near Mir Ali since coming from Afghanistan in 2002.
He was believed to have gone to Afghanistan to fight against the Soviets in the late 1980s, or during the time of the Taleban in the mid-1990s.
Abu Akash, who was born in Iraq, came to notoriety last year when he issued a video that called for attacks against coalition forces in their territories, says the BBC's Syed Shoaib Hassan.
He was also said to have recently broken away from the main al-Qaeda entity and formed his own group.
Border tension
Tensions between the US and Pakistan have increased over the issue of cross-border incursions against militants by American forces based in Afghanistan.Tensions between the US and Pakistan have increased over the issue of cross-border incursions against militants by American forces based in Afghanistan.
Pakistan's foreign ministry said it had voiced its concern to the US envoy in Islamabad on Wednesday.
"It was underscored to the ambassador that the government of Pakistan strongly condemns the missile attacks which resulted in the loss of precious lives and property," the ministry said in a statement.