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The death toll from seven back-to-back strikes in the region adjacent to the border with Afghanistan during the past 24 hours jumped to 43.
On Monday unmanned aircraft targeted three vehicles in Mirali tehsil, killing 25 suspected militants. The majority of those killed belonged to Orakzai Agency and Bannu district.
Local officials said that two missiles were fired at two suspected compounds at around 10am on Tuesday in Sherkhel area, an abandoned Afghan refugee camp in Ghulam Khan tehsil. Four people were killed.
The area people said that Kochis (Afghan nomads) lived in the compounds.
Local people were searching the place for survivors when the drone fired two missiles, killing four more people and injuring three others.
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In the third strike, a pickup truck carrying the wounded people from Ghulam Khan was targeted near another abandoned refugee camp called Nawab camp. Two missiles were fired in which four people were killed.
Sources said that two cars were heading towards the destroyed truck when the drone fired another volley of missiles, leaving another six people dead.
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With the multiple shots I think it very likely it was a
Reaper drone which carries several
Hellfire missiles and other ordnance. They appear to be taking advantage of the enemy's attempt to search the bodies of the dead. Instead of decapitation strikes on enemy leaders, it is almost a battle of attrition of the enemy foot soldiers. It could be a disincentive to their aims in Afghanistan.
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