Pakistan: Drone Strike Kills 12


A drone attack on a village near the Afghan border in North Waziristan killed 12 people early Friday, Pakistani security officials said. The village, Dande Darpa Khel, is part of the stronghold of Jalaluddin Haqqani, an Afghan fighter and senior Taliban member. The missiles hit a compound near an Islamic school that Mr. Haqqani had set up, and women and children were among the dead, Pakistani officials said.