US missiles reportedly killed 13 people in a Pakistani tribal region filled with insurgents bent on pushing Western troops out of neighbouring Afghanistan. Elsewhere in the country, gunmen targeted non-ethnic Balochis travelling on a bus and painting a house in two attacks in southwestern Balochistan province on August 14, killing 16 people and wounding eight. The airstrike in Issori village of North Waziristan was the first such attack since intense floods hit Pakistan in late July. The US has tried to improve its public image in Pakistan by sending flood aid, but the missile strike showed Washington was not willing to stop using a tactic that has fed its unpopularity here.
US MISSILES KILL 13 IN PAKISTAN
US MISSILES KILL 13 IN PAKISTAN
