23 militants, 7 civilians killed in Pakistan unrest

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No fewer than 23 militants and seven civilians have been killed in northwest Pakistan in attacks on rebel hideouts, a checkpoint clash and a motorcycle bombing, officials said Sunday, reports AFP.
The deaths occurred during attacks on Taliban hideouts by Pakistani jets, a United States drone strike, a gunfight at a security forces checkpoint and the bombing at a camp for displaced people.
The air force staged attacks on five hideouts in the Shawal area of the North Waziristan tribal district overnight, a military statement said.
"In precise aerial strikes last night five terrorists hideouts were destroyed and 15 terrorists including foreigners were killed in Shawal area of North Waziristan Agency," it said.
The US drone attack on Sunday killed at least two militants in Karezai Pal village in neighbouring South Waziristan tribal district, security officials said.
"A US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle and at least two militants were killed and one was wounded," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"The militants had just parked their vehicle outside the main gate of a compound and had asked for drinking water from inside. Just when they were drinking water standing on the road, drones fired two missiles."
Their identities were not known but initial information indicated that they were not locals, the official added.
A militant source who called AFP from an unknown location also confirmed the missile strike and casualties.
Pakistan government in a statement issued by foreign ministry late Sunday condemned the drone attack.
Pakistan routinely protests against US drone strikes, which have been targeting militants in the tribal areas since 2004, saying they violate its sovereignty and are counterproductive in the fight against terror.
In another incident in the northwest, six militants were killed early Sunday in a gunfight that erupted after they attacked a paramilitary checkpoint in the Khyber tribal district bordering Afghanistan, officials said.

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