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Officials claim killing four militants during a US drone strike on Friday. The US drone was targeted at a vehicle in the anarchic North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan. State-run Radio Pakistan announced that a CIA-operated spy plane killed four militants in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan Agency.
North Waziristan is considered a safe haven for terrorist agencies including Taliban and al-Qaeda. Four drones were noticed flying over the area around mid-night. According to a UN envoy, the United States drone attacks are violating Pakistan’s sovereignty. Pakistan has also called on the US to quit the drone attacks.
According to Pakistan, attacks by the unmanned US aircrafts violate its sovereignty and enhance anti-US sentiments. However, US officials consider the attacks as the key to its war against terrorism. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday that it has conveyed its serious concerns at the American spy aircraft attacks to the UN representative during his recent visit to Islamabad.
The UN representative, who had also met US drones’ victims and people from the tribal regions, will submit its report to the General Assembly.
“It is a good progress that a discussion has been started in the world on different aspects of drone attacks. We are also in touch with the United States for stoppage of drone attacks,” the spokesman said.
“The US drone was targeted at a vehicle in the anarchic North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan.”
Actually, Waziristan’s tribal areas are not “anarchic.” The governance under “Pashtunwali” is actually quite structured, with tribal councils and decision making practices that are systematic. “Anarchic” and “restive” are the terms continuously used in the media to describe this area, by people who have neither been there, no studied the culture. It is “restive” when the drones strike; it is not inherently “restive” as an aspect of the culture. And in spite of all that is going on, including the violence of the Taliban, I visited victims of drones in S. Waziristan, and I don’t think rescomment_IDents there would describe the “tribal region” as “anarchic.” Their philosophy bears no resemblance to “anarchism,” either as a practice or as a philosophy.