A US drone was shot down by Taliban militants March 7 in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal district, officials and residents said. The drone reportedly crashed in the Angoor Adda [2] area, which has witnessed several missile strikes by pilotless aircraft as well as an apparent incursion last year by US-led coalition forces from Afghanistan. Pakistani officials are said to be searching for the wreckage. A drone was reported to have crashed near Angoor Adda in September. (PTI [3], March 7)
Three separate bombings killed 15 people in northwestern Pakistan that same day. A car bomb in North West Frontier Province's Badaber area, where security forces had recently evicted militants, left seven police and a bystander dead. A roadside bomb killed three civilians and wounded four troops in the town of Darra Adam Khel, NWFP. In the Khyber tribal district, a suicide bomber killed four and wounded five at a mosque that served as a headquarters for the militant group Ansarul Islam—said to be the rival of another extremist group, Lashkar-e-Islam. (AP [4], March 7)
The bombings come days after gunmen attacked Sri Lanka's visiting cricket team in Lahore, injuring several and sparking a diplomatic crisis. (Hindustan Times [5], March 7)
See our last post on Pakistan [6].
If you support our work, please leave a tip [7] or answer the Exit Poll [8].
