RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, March 17 (UPI) -- Pakistan's military chief condemned a U.S. drone attack that killed more than three dozen people Thursday, including peaceful tribal elders attending a meeting.
"It is highly regrettable that a jirga (tribal assembly) of peaceful citizens, including elders of the area, was carelessly and callously targeted with complete disregard to human life," Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who holds the highest post in the Pakistani army, said in a statement.