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16 killed on Aghan-Pakistan border
Three US drone strikes have killed at least 16 people on the Afghan-Pakistan border, officials say.
According to officials, the first two attacks hit a compound and seminary in the South Waziristan tribal area. The third hit a vehicle travelling on the border.
Reports say foreigners were killed in the attacks, however their identities are not yet known.
The attacks followed the news that al-Qaeda operative Ilyas Kashmiri was reportedly killed in a US strike in the area.
Militants have vowed to avenge his reported killing, as well as the death of Osama Bin Laden last month. Yesterday, at least 18 people died in a bomb blast at a bakery in the garrison town of Nowshera in northwest Pakistan.
Earlier, another bomb explosion at a bus stop on the outskirts of Peshawar killed six people. Both attacks are thought to have been the work of the Pakistani Taliban.
