‘Three Haqqani Network militants killed in Hangu drone attack’

HANGU: As many as three militants out of six people killed in a US drone attack on a seminary Thursday (today) were Afghan nationals and affiliated with Haqqani Network. Six people were killed and eight others injured in the rare attack which took place n Hangu district outside the country’s tribal region, which has been focus of CIA-operated unmanned drones. Sources said that the dead and injured were taken to the Civil Hospital from where the injured were moved to an undisclosed location after treatment. Sources in the local police said that Maulvi Ahmed Jan, Maulvi Hamidullah and Maulvi Gul Marjan were linked to Haqqani Network and residents of Afghanistan’s Paktia province. Pakistan condemned the drone strike. Aizaz Chaudhry said US drone strikes were a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The spokesman added that Pakistan had always raised the issue of drone strikes with the US administration and United Nations. “The issue had also been raised by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his meeting with US President Barack Obama.”