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Sunday, November 24, 2024  
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US drone strikes kill 17 in North Waziristan

A series of US drone attacks on Tuesday killed seventeen people in a span of 24 hours in North Wazirstan.

At least seventeen people lost their lives in three unmanned air strikes in Ghulam Khan khel and Miranshah, the towns of North Waziristan.

The first missile attack apparently took place in Ghulam Khan Khel, killing six people.

The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on a vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed in the attack.

The second U.S. missile strike has hit a house in the same area, killing people who were retrieving bodies from the first attack.

At least two people died in the second strike in Ghulam Khan area.

The first strike occurred three hours earlier and killed four people.

Minutes later, unmanned aircraft fired six missiles in Ghulam Khan road in Miranshah, killing nine people.