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Pakistan Condemns Drone Strike in Kurram Agency

Islamabad (January 24, 2018): Pakistan has condemned a drone strike in Kurram Agency carried out by the Resolute Support Mission this morning, which targeted an Afghan refugee camp.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, in a statement, said such unilateral actions are detrimental to the spirit of cooperation between the two countries in the fight against terrorism.

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He said Pakistan has continued to emphasize to the United States the importance of sharing actionable intelligence so that appropriate action is taken against terrorists by our forces within our territory.The Spokesperson said Pakistan has also been stressing the need for early repatriation of Afghan refugees as their presence in Pakistan helps Afghan terrorists to melt among them.

According to the political administration, Ahsan aka Khoray, a commander of the Haqqani Network, was among those killed in the strike.Earlier, on January 17, as many as two suspected militants were killed in the day’s second drone strike in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan.

The latest drone attack took place in Shanqilay area of Afghanistan near the Pak-Afghan border. Hours before, at least one person was injured in a strike in Lower Kurram Agency, sources said.

A missile fired from a drone landed outside a house in Badshah Kot area of the agency – one of the seven tribal agencies in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

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