As a result of rocket attack, allegedly caused by U.S. drones on Pakistani territory, killed three gunmen, the Associated Press. The purpose of impact was one of the bases of the Islamists near the Afghan border.
On casualties among militants on condition of anonymity told the representatives of the Pakistani secret services. It is also known that two militants were wounded. The impact caused on Friday in the territory of South Vaziristana (this is part of the Pakistan Federal Tribal Areas) - the second in recent times: on 1 January as a result of impact in the same region killed five people.
According to AFP, a new blow inflicted on the area near the village of Ladha (Ladha), which were based militants of the Taliban. Ladha is considered a stronghold of the commander Baitully Mesuda (Baitullah Mehsud), which oversees the association of the Taliban in Pakistan. Location Mesuda currently unknown, in October there were reports of his serious illness.
Official comment from Pakistan has not yet been. Washington generally does not confirm the facts of air strikes on Pakistani soil, which causes resentment in Islamabad. Americans are unhappy with the intensity of the Pakistani authorities to combat the Taliban and Al Qaeda, in recent months been actively carrying out operations in areas bordering Afghanistan: August caused more than thirty air strikes.
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