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Drone strike kills Tehreek-e-Taliban fighters in Afghanistan

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ANI Karachi
Last Updated : Feb 03 2016 | 2:22 PM IST

At least 18 fighters of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan have been killed in a drone strike on Afghanistan's Paktiya province.

Afghan officials confirmed that the Pakistani Taliban was killed in the latest strike by an unmanned aircraft in the Pak-Afghan border areas.

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The Express Tribune reported that the militants were heading to the border region in Afghanistan when the drones rained down missiles on them in Gomal district.

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The militants killed were from South Waziristan,14 men from the Mehsud tribe and four from the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe.

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First Published: Feb 03 2016 | 2:06 PM IST

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