U.S. drones fired 10 missiles at a house in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least 25 people Friday, said Pakistani intelligence officials.
The strike came a day after the head of the Pakistani army has denounced these attacks and could also sour already deteriorating relations between Washington and Islamabad.
Also Friday, hundreds of activists attacked a control point, in a Northwestern Pakistani District along the border during the night and in the morning, killing 14 security troops, officials said — a show of insurgents continued strength despite the offensives of the army against them.
U.S. missiles more recent success Spinwam village in Waziristan in the North, a tribal region home to Islamic militants targeting American troops and NATO in Afghanistan. The three said civilian intelligence officials were suspected of being among the dead, and also several people were injured. The number of reported deaths was relatively high for a US missile strike.
The United States rarely acknowledges missiles CIA - run program, which means that the usual sources of confirmation of the strikes are responsible for Pakistani intelligence, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they do not have permission to speak to the media. This information of the region is virtually impossible to verify independently. The region is remote, rugged and dangerous, and access is restricted by law.
Although Pakistan has long denounced the missile attack fired the drone as a violation of its sovereignty, it is widely accepted to cooperate secretly with at least some of the attacks.
But relations between Pakistan and the United States were sunk to new lows this year after that a contractor of the US CIA in January shot and killed two Pakistani, he said, were trying to steal. A March missile that reportedly killed dozens of innocent tribes developed Pakistani leaders angry.
During a visit here Wednesday, Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, accused spy service military-run of Pakistan to maintain links with the network Haqqani, a major Afghan Taliban faction.
Pakistan's military-run Inter-Services Intelligence spy has agency links to the leaders of the network dating back to the Soviet occupation of the 1980s of the Afghanistan, when the Group has also been supported by Washington. But after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Pakistan has insisted he cut these links.
However, many analysts and US officials suspect Islamabad may be trying to maintain its links with the Haqqanis so that it can be used as a means to retain influence in Afghanistan - and keep a rampart against archrival India - after the American leave.
A Pakistani army statement later dismissed what he called "negative propaganda" by the United States, while the Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said offensive multiple of its troops against insurgents in northwestern groups are evidence of Pakistan's "national resolve to defeat terrorism."
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