Thursday, November 27, 2008

Pakistani Taliban Shrug Off U.S. Missile Strikes

From Reuters:

ARGHANJO, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani Taliban commander vowed on Wednesday to keep up cross-border attacks on Western forces in Afghanistan despite stepped up U.S. missile strikes by pilotless drones on militants in Pakistan.

U.S. forces in Afghanistan have carried out at least 26 air strikes by unmanned aircraft on militant targets in northwest Pakistan this year, according to a Reuters tally, more than half since the start of September.

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