The new Pakistani raid came two days after a helicopter strike killed at least 13 militants in Waziristan, and while tribal leaders from Afghanistan and Pakistan meet in Kabul to discuss Islamic militant violence in the region.
However elders from North and South Waziristan, two of Pakistan’s seven tribal regions along the Afghan border, are boycotting the “peace jirga”.
The strike also came as US President George W. Bush again urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to do more to track down Al-Qaeda leaders hiding in the tribal regions.
“I have made it clear to him that I expect that there be full cooperation in sharing intelligence” and “swift action” against Al-Qaeda inside Pakistan if solid intelligence emerges about their whereabouts, Bush said Thursday.
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