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CNN’s Saima Mohsin reports from the scene of the Karachi airport attack on Tuesday, June 10, after gunmen targeted the Airport Security Forces academy nearby. Two days earlier, militants launched an attack in the cargo area of the airport. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the five-hour assault, which left at least 36 people dead, including 10 militants.
Rubble and smoke is seen in the aftermath of the attack.
A Pakistan woman mourns the death of a relative who was found killed in the attack.
Security personnel guard the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan.
Mourners arrive for funeral prayers June 10 in Karachi.
Smoke rises from Jinnah International Airport on Monday, June 9.
Employees leave the airport on June 9 after the first attack.
Police examine bodies of security personnel at a Karachi hospital on June 9.
A police commando gives a victory sign June 9 after returning from an operation against militants at the Karachi airport.
Pakistani police display weapons seized from militants in the attack.
A Pakistani soldier is on guard at the airport Sunday, June 8. A building caught fire in the attack, but no planes were damaged, a military spokesman said.
Pakistani security officials take positions after the attack began June 8.
Pakistani rangers check ambulance staff at a boundary wall at the airport on June 8.
Pakistani security personnel arrive at the site of the airport attack on June 8.
Fire illuminates the sky above a terminal at the Karachi airport, Pakistan’s largest and busiest.
Smoke rises from a fire at the airport on June 8.
Pakistani commandos get ready to enter an airport terminal on June 8.
Soldiers approach the airport on June 8.
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Karachi, Pakistan (CNN) — A suspected U.S. drone strike killed 10 militants early Thursday in Pakistani tribal areas, local intelligence officials said.
A high-level commander with the Haqqani network, Haji Gul, was among those killed in the latest drone strike in North Waziristan Agency.
Other key Afghan Taliban commanders killed in the strike included Mufti Sofian and Abu Bakar.
Intelligence and local Taliban sources said the latest drone strike targeted explosive-laden vehicles meant for a mission across the Afghan border. They said the Taliban were preparing to leave when they came under attack.
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At least five drones were flying near Miranshah city when the strike occurred, the local intelligence officials said. The first strike in six months occurred a few hours earlier.
Pakistan’s government condemned the strikes.
“These strikes are a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the Foreign Office said in a statement. Additionally, these strikes “have a negative impact on the Government’s efforts to bring peace and stability in Pakistan and the region.”
Northern Pakistan is home to loosely governed tribal areas near the border with Afghanistan, and is a base for foreign fighters and members of the Islamist militant Haqqani movement.
The drone strikes come days after two brazen attacks on or near Pakistan’s largest airport in the southern port city of Karachi.
Earlier Wednesday, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan claimed that it carried out one of the attacks — the weekend airport assault that resulted in an hours-long siege and left 36 people dead, including the assailants.
The claim was made in an e-mail that included pictures that the militant group said were of the 10 attackers.
The militants said the attack was carried out with the Pakistani Taliban.
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