11 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan

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Source: Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of U.S. drone strike launched in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Kurram Agency on Monday morning has risen to 11, reported local Urdu TV channel Geo.

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The two targets each hit by two missiles of U.S. drones included one vehicle suspected of carrying militants and one militants' hideout in the mountainous areas of the afore-said agency.

This is the first U.S. drone strike ever reported in the Kurram Agency since this year. Prior to this, all the other strikes were carried out in North and South Waziristan, two strongholds of militants hiding along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area.

Monday's U.S. drone strike is the 37th of its kind (counted on daily basis) in Pakistan in 2011. To date, a total of 315 people have reportedly been killed in such strikes since this year.

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