Pakistan condemns US drone strike in North Waziristan

Such incidents generate distrust among the local populace, ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement

Pakistan on Friday condemned a drone strike by US in North Waziristan late on Thursday that resulted in the loss of seven lives, terming the attack as a blatant disregard for the country’s territorial sovereignty and international laws.

In a statement denouncing the strike that took place in Lwara Mandi area on Thursday evening, the ministry of foreign affairs observed that such incidents generate distrust among the local populace. It reiterated its oft stated demand of cessation of all such strikes.

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The drone attack that killed seven suspected militants had also injured two others.

Further, sources said that the target of the attack was a house that belonged to a member of the Haqqani network.

This was the first strike after a month of silence in the area, the last drone strike in the area was reported in June.

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On July 27, a US drone killed at least five suspected militants in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar.

The early morning strike had taken place at Chaknawar in the Lal Pura area, which borders Khyber Agency in Pakistan, Pakistani officials stationed in Torkham told The Express Tribune.