11 dead in drone strikes against Taliban in Pakistan
The Hindu
Drone strikes target Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sparking protests and investigations into civilian casualties.
Eleven people were killed in drone strikes in northern Pakistan on Saturday (March 29, 2025) launched by the army against the Taliban, who had killed seven soldiers a day earlier, police told AFP.
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Three drone strikes were carried out on Friday night in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a senior police officer said on condition of anonymity, targeting "Pakistani Taliban hideouts" in the region bordering Afghanistan where violence has erupted in recent months.
"It was only this morning that we learned that two women and three children were among the victims," he said.
"In protest, local residents placed the bodies of the victims on the road", saying that they were "innocent civilians" killed in the strikes, he added.
Another police source said that "an investigation is under way to establish whether Taliban fighters were indeed present at the sites at the time of the attack".
"It is too early to say whether the places affected were civilian areas or whether they were sheltering Taliban," he added.
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