'US missiles' hit Pakistan school
Missiles thought to have been fired by the US have killed at least seven
students of a religious school in north-western Pakistan, witnesses say.
The school, in North Waziristan, is close to the residence of a fugitive
Taleban leader, Jalaluddin Haqqani, witnesses told the BBC Urdu Service.
At least two missiles, reportedly fired by pilotless US drones, hit the school
early on Thursday.
The Pakistani army is investigating the incident. The US has made no comment.
The latest missile attack comes hours after the Pakistani parliament
unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the government to defend its
sovereignty and expel foreign fighters from the region.
The resolution also called upon the government to prevent the use of Pakistani
territory for attacks on another country.
Growing tension
Witnesses told the BBC that the missiles destroyed nearly half of the school
building in the Dande Darpakhel area near Miran Shah, the headquarters of the
north-western tribal region.
At least six people were injured in the attack. It is still not clear whether
there were any foreign fighters among the dead students.
Local people have said that most of the injured were local students at the
seminary.
The residential complex of Jalaluddin Haqqani had been targeted by a previous
missile attack, in which more than 10 people had been killed or injured.
North Waziristan is known as a haven for Taleban and al-Qaeda fighters seeking
sanctuary from fighting in Afghanistan.
Foreign fighters from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East are all
thought to be based there.
Tensions in the border region are rising
In recent weeks the United States has launched several missile strikes against
suspected militant targets in the Afghan border region.
Washington says the strikes are used against militant targets, correspondents
say that intelligence failures have sometimes led to civilian casualties.
According to BBC Urdu, some 80 people have been killed in a number of suspected
US missile strikes in South and North Waziristan region over the past month.
Earlier in October a suspected pilotless American drone fired missiles in North
Waziristan, killing at least six people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
The United States rarely confirms or denies such attacks.
Tensions between the US and Pakistan have increased over the issue of
cross-border incursions against militants by American forces based in
Afghanistan.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has said he will not tolerate violations
of his country's territory.
The US state department has affirmed "its support for Pakistan's sovereignty,
independence, unity, and territorial integrity".
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