A U.S. drone kills 6 insurgents in northwest Pakistan

A US drone killed six insurgents Saturday in a tribal village northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, officials said Pakistani security. The drone fired two missiles on a hideout located in the Shuwedar village in the region of North Waziristan, considered a stronghold of Taliban and insurgents close to Al-Qaeda. U.S. drones fired two missiles on a hideout of insurgents. Six bodies have so far been discovered, said a security official told AFP. Residents and officials of Pakistani intelligence confirmed the attack and the balance sheet. 's attack occurred when people the region celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, they said. Attacks by unmanned U.S. aircraft missiles are equipped with highly criticized by Pakistan, which alleged a violation of its sovereignty and believes that they inflame anti-Americanism. Saturday, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry has protested strongly against the new drone strike. Pakistan has always maintained that these attacks constitute a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the ministry said in a statement. shares to neutralize the Haqqani network, close to Al-Qaeda present in the north-west Pakistan is an important issue of friction between Islamabad and Washington, the United States has long been calling for action against this group of Pakistan, author of deadly attacks in Afghanistan. accuses Washington of the Haqqani network responsible for attacks êtreà against the U.S. Embassy in Kabul last September and act on behalf of certain sectors of the Pakistani intelligence services. According to Washington, the semi-autonomous region of northwest Pakistan is the hub of attacks by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda against the West and Afghanistan. (© AFP / August 18, 2012 5:27 p.m.)