US drone crashes in Pakistan
Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:23AM GMT
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An unmanned US drone has gone down in northwestern Pakistan, according to statements by the country's security officials.
The American drone went down near the village of Zangara in South Waziristan on Sunday, AFP reported.
An intelligence officer in Peshawar, the main town in Pakistan's northwest, said the drone apparently crashed due to technical faults. However, Taliban militants claimed that they shot down the aircraft.
The US uses drones to launch airstrikes inside Pakistan's tribal belt.
Relations between Islamabad and Washington have soured over the unauthorized attacks. Pakistan insists that the airstrikes violate its sovereignty.
Washington claims the drone strikes target militants, although casualty figures indicate that the aerial bombings have led to the loss of hundreds of Pakistani civilians.
Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:23AM GMT
PressTV - US drone crashes in Pakistan
MSH/MB
An unmanned US drone has gone down in northwestern Pakistan, according to statements by the country's security officials.
The American drone went down near the village of Zangara in South Waziristan on Sunday, AFP reported.
An intelligence officer in Peshawar, the main town in Pakistan's northwest, said the drone apparently crashed due to technical faults. However, Taliban militants claimed that they shot down the aircraft.
The US uses drones to launch airstrikes inside Pakistan's tribal belt.
Relations between Islamabad and Washington have soured over the unauthorized attacks. Pakistan insists that the airstrikes violate its sovereignty.
Washington claims the drone strikes target militants, although casualty figures indicate that the aerial bombings have led to the loss of hundreds of Pakistani civilians.

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