US drone strikes kill six in northwestern Pakistan, southern Yemen
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March 4 | Yamanyoon
At least six people have been killed in US drone strikes in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near the border with Afghanistan and the southern regions of war-torn Yemen.
A drone strike claimed the lives of a pair riding a motorcycle in Pakistan’s Kurram Agency, located in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the country’s lawless tribal areas, on Thursday, reported a government official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official added that it was not yet clear who the victims were.
“A drone missile struck the motorcycle, which caught fire and then exploded,” said Haji Zamin Hussain, a village elder from the area, without giving more information.
Meanwhile, two US drone strikes killed at least four people, suspected to be al-Qaeda members, in the Yashbum Valley in Yemen’s southern province of Shabwah.
A separate drone strike also hit an area in the eastern parts of the Shaqra town in the southern province of Abyan. However, there were no immediate reports of possible casualties from the latter strike.
The drone attacks in Yemen have continued alongside the Saudi military aggression against Yemen.
