A suspected U.S. missile attack killed eight militants including several foreigners Wednesday in the stronghold of Pakistan's top Taliban commander, intelligence officials said.
The strike came as President Barack Obama's administration prepares to unveil a new strategy to quell Islamist insurgents threatening nuclear-armed Pakistan as well as neighboring Afghanistan and to keep the pressure on al-Qaida leaders in the region.
American officials have indicated that attacks along Pakistan's un-policed western frontier, apparently carried out by unmanned CIA aircraft and stepped up since last year, will continue despite protests from the Pakistani …
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