US Embassy denies bombing refugee camp in Pakistan

IANS  |  Islamabad 

The US Embassy in on Thursday dismissed a claim by that US forces bombed a refugee camp on its territory.

On Wednesday, two alleged members of the Haqqani network, which is affiliated to the Afghan Taliban, died in a drone attack in the tribal areas of the country.

"The claim in a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement that US forces struck an Afghan refugee camp in is false," US told Dawn online.

Snelsire did not confirm or deny whether the US Army had carried out a drone attack in the tribal area of northwestern

The on Wednesday condemned what it called a drone attack on a camp for Afghan refugees in and directly blamed it on

said that "such unilateral actions, as that of today, are detrimental to the spirit of cooperation between the two countries in the fight against terrorism".

Local sources told the daily on Wednesday that the strike was carried out on a Haqqani network hideout.

A confirmed the death of alias Khawari along with his two associates.

The US and for years have accused of providing refuge to the Haqqani network, a claim that denies.

On January 4, suspended its coalition support funds programme to until takes decisive steps in the fight against terrorism.

The announcement came after US in his first tweet of 2018 accused of "lies and deceit" and "giving safe haven to the terrorists".

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First Published: Thu, January 25 2018. 18:46 IST