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US drone 'shot down' in Pakistan

Source: The Daily Telegraph

Islamabad : Pakistan | 8 months ago

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US drone in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said. Residents and a local police official said two drones were flying low over a village in the South Waziristan tribal district when one of them was hit by militant fire. "We heard the firing by Taliban and then a drone fell down,''...

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