U.S. drone kills at least 45 militants in Pakistan

Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:30pm BST
 
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. drone attacked militants in Pakistan in Tuesday, killing at least 45 of them, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

The militants were meeting after a funeral in the South Waziristan region, a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.

(Reporting by Robert Birsel; Editing by Sophie Hares)

 
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