U.S. drones attack Taliban training camp

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 13 (UPI) -- Missiles believed fired from unmanned U.S. aircraft struck a Taliban camp in northwestern Pakistan, killing or injuring dozens of people, officials said.

The number of deaths was unclear, with reports indicating between 14 and 21 people -- mostly militants -- killed in Thursday's attack on the suspected Taliban training camp in the Kurram area. The number injured ranged from fewer than 10 to more than 40.

Witnesses said three U.S. spy planes were seen flying over the region at the time of the attack, several media outlets reported.

The camp, about 20 miles from Parachinar, was commanded by Fazal Saeed, a local militant commander tied with Baitullah Mehsud, a militant leader who opposes the current Pakistani government, The New York Times reported.

Sources told The News, a Pakistani newspaper, the remotely controlled aircraft fired four Hellfire missiles on the village.

"The drone fired two Hellfire missiles on a house where a number of militants were residing. Most of the victims were local tribal, Afghan Taliban and foreign militants," an official in the town of Sadda told the Inter-Asian News Service.

In February, an unmanned missile attack killed 31 people in the Kurram region, an official said.