Afghanistan

US terror drone attack kills two in eastern Afghanistan

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A US-led terror drone strike has claimed the lives of at least two people and injured some others in the troubled eastern Afghanistan, security sources say.

Local Afghan security officials said the strike took place in the eastern Nangarhar Province on Monday.

Security sources added that the victims were members of the Taliban. However, the militant group has not commented on the deaths yet.

Also on Sunday, an unmanned plane targeted a vehicle in the volatile Momand Dara district of the same province, killing at least nine people.

The US-led deadly airstrikes and drone attacks have killed several people across the volatile province over the past few weeks.

Washington is under fire for its use of unmanned aerial vehicles in such countries as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

Apart from violating the sovereignty of the countries under attack, the drones have left an unaccounted number of civilians dead.

US officials claim that the airstrikes target militants, but local sources say civilians have been the main victims of the attacks.

Civilian casualties caused by foreign forces have been a major source of tension between Kabul and Washington. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly questioned the legality of the US drone strikes and has time and again called on Washington to stop the deadly attacks.

The United Nations and several human rights organizations have identified the US as the world’s number one user of “targeted killings” largely due to its drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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