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[Naresh]

[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>US missiles hit NW seminary</span></b>[/center]

PESHAWAR – <b>At least 27 people were killed and several others injured when two missiles fired by a US drone hit a house-cum-madrassa and a moving vehicle in Khaisoora area of North Waziristan Agency on Saturday morning.

Local tribesmen informed that three people were killed on the spot while several others were injured</b> in the US drone attack in Khaisoora, 20km north of Mirali town of North Waziristan Agency.

<b>Officials confirmed only 12 casualties, but local tribesmen gave the number of dead from 18 to 27.</b> The condition of the injured was stated to be precarious. The dead included two foreigners. However, their exact identity could not be determined. Soon after the missile strike, the Taliban cordoned off the site and did not allow local tribesmen to take part in rescue activities. Taliban shifted dead bodies and injured to an unknown place.

Agencies add : several people were trapped under the debris of the building as madrassa was destroyed in the US drone attack. Security forces sources told a private TV channel that six fighters, including four of foreign origin, were killed and wounded several others in the attack. The strike was the third such drone attack this month and the second in the past four days. This week, eight people were killed in a similar attack in South Waziristan

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