Also A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said. One missile strike occurred at a house in Tappi village in the North Waziristan tribal region. A second alleged strike was reported at a house in the village of Dande Darpa Khel. The site was near a seminary of a veteran Taliban commander, Jalaluddin Haqqani. No casualties were immediately reported. The tribal regions are considered potential hiding places for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A suicide bomber bearing a box of sweets wrecked a residential building that housed anti-terror police Thursday, injuring half a dozen officers. Elsewhere in the country, 10 people were killed when a...
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