From AFP:PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — The number killed in a suspected US missile strike in northwest Pakistan rose to 24 on Friday, most of them Taliban militants, according to local officials.
Two missiles fired by an unmanned drone destroyed a Taliban training camp in Kurram, officials said, one of seven semi-autonomous regions near Pakistan's porous border with Afghanistan, where US troops are battling Taliban fighters.
"We have handed over 24 bodies after cleaning and wrapping them in cloth," Saidur Rehman, an official of the local charity Al-Khidmat Foundation, told AFP.
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More News On The Drone Strike In Pakistan
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Death toll in Pakistan missile attack hits 22 -- AP
Death toll from drone attack in NWFP rises to 24 -- The Hindu
Suspected US drone attack kills 24 in Pakistan -- The Hindu
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