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PESHAWAR: Eight people were killed including Taliban warlord Mullah Nazir and several others injured in multiple US drone strikes carried out in the South and North Waziristan tribal regions on Thursday.
In the attack in South Waziristan, an unmanned drone fired two missiles at a vehicle killing five people in the Sar Kanda area of Birmil in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal district of South Waziristan.
While talking to Dawn.com, local Taliban and intelligence sources confirmed the killing of pro-government and anti-US Taliban commander Mullah Nazir along with four of his companions near Wana.
Separately, three people were killed and several others injured in a drone attack in the Mubarak Shahi village in North Waziristan tribal region’s Mir Ali Tehsil.
The US drone targeted a vehicle with two missiles, and then fired another two missiles when rescuers gathered at the site to carry the bodies and the injured.
The death toll from the drone strike in North Waziristan was expected to rise, security sources told.
There were reports of a key Taliban commander being targeted in the strike, sources said.
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