A suspected US missile strike on Monday destroyed an Afghan Taliban camp and killed 18 in northwest Pakistan, a day after local affiliates of the group announced a ceasefire, officials said.
At least one missile fired by a suspected drone struck the Taliban centre in Bhagan.
"One missile fired by a suspected US drone destroyed the Taliban centre," a top Pakistani security official told AFP.
It was the first suspected US drone attack in Kurram, one of seven semi-autonomous tribal areas in Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan, where the Taliban are fighting US-led, NATO and Western-backed Afghan forces.
One security official said most of the dead were Afghan Taliban fighters.
The latest missile attack underscored vanished hopes in Pakistan that the administration of US President Barack Obama would review the policy and abandon what Islamabad has called a violation of its sovereignty.
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A US Predator drone at a forward operating base near Kandahar in January.
AFP