US missiles struck a militant training camp in Pakistan’s tribal district of North Waziristan yesterday, killing 20 fighters close to the Afghan border, security officials said.

The camp in the Shawal area was run by fighters loyal to Pakistani warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur, whose loyalists attack in Afghanistan, and was targeted by five US missiles at around 12 p.m. (0700 GMT), the Pakistani officials said.

“The death toll is 20. It is likely to go up,” a senior security official said on condition of anonymity. Foreign and militants from Pakistan’s central Punjab province were thought to be among the dead, he added.

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