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'Dozens dead' in US drone strike Ten dead in two US drone strikes
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At least 45 people have died in a missile strike by a US drone aircraft in a Taliban stronghold area of Pakistan, officials there have said. Two separate US drone attacks have killed at least ten people in a Taliban-stronghold region of Pakistan.
The people killed in South Waziristan had been attending a funeral for others killed in a US drone strike earlier. In the first raid in South Waziristan, at least one missile struck a known stronghold of the Pakistan Taliban chief, Baitullah Mehsud, killing six.
Intelligence officials said at least 45 people had been killed and dozens more injured in the later strike, when two missiles were fired. Reports say a second attack, on the funeral of one of those who died in the first attack, killed four more people.
But a local official told BBC News the death toll was more than 50. Initial reports had quoted officials in the region saying the attacks had killed 45 in the tribal region.
The region is a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.The region is a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
Also on Tuesday, tribal leader Qari Zainuddin, who often criticised Mehsud, was shot dead by a gunman in north-western Pakistan. Earlier on Tuesday, tribal leader Qari Zainuddin, who often criticised Mehsud, was shot dead by a gunman in north-western Pakistan.
Earlier this month, Zainuddin criticised Mehsud after an attack on a mosque, which killed 33 people.Earlier this month, Zainuddin criticised Mehsud after an attack on a mosque, which killed 33 people.
The Pakistani army is preparing to launch an offensive against Taliban fighters under Mehsud's command, who are blamed for a number of deadly attacks.The Pakistani army is preparing to launch an offensive against Taliban fighters under Mehsud's command, who are blamed for a number of deadly attacks.
But Zainuddin's killing is being seen as a setback for the government in its efforts to isolate Mehsud ahead of the security forces' next phase of their anti-Taliban offensive in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, says the BBC's Mike Wooldridge in Islamabad.But Zainuddin's killing is being seen as a setback for the government in its efforts to isolate Mehsud ahead of the security forces' next phase of their anti-Taliban offensive in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, says the BBC's Mike Wooldridge in Islamabad.