US missiles kill 20

US missiles struck an alleged militant training camp in North Waziristan on Wednesday, killing 20 fighters close to the Afghan border, security officials said. The camp in the Shawal area was said to be run by fighters loyal to Pakistani warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur, whose loyalists attack in Afghanistan, and was targeted by five US missiles at around 12.00pm (0700 GMT), the Pakistani officials said.
"The death toll is 20. It is likely to go up," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Foreign and militants from Pakistan's central Punjab province were thought to be among the dead, he added. Meanwhile, a Pakistani security official says militants ambushed paramilitary soldiers patrolling in the Shaheedano Dhand area of Kurram tribal region, triggering a shootout that left two troops and five insurgents dead.