(Previous Incident Code: Ob240 )

A 12-day hiatus ended with a strike on a house and vehicle east of Miranshah, killing up to eight alleged militants including four ‘foreigners’ of ‘Central Asian origin’, according to a local security figure. No civilian casualties resulting from the strike have been reported. The house reportedly belonged to local tribal leader Jamal Wazir. As many as four alleged militants were also wounded. The attack came hours after the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, again accused Pakistan’s ISI of colluding with the Haqqani Network, based in the area and a likely target of the attack. One news agency quoted a local intelligence official:

“The locals have pulled out the charred bodies of all four people in the vehicle, while the debris of the demolished house is being combed to find dead or injured, if there are any.”