US kills 14 in strike on Taliban training camp in South Waziristan Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/us_kills_12_in_strik.php

By Bill Roggio

The US has killed 12 Taliban fighters in the latest airstrike in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of South Waziristan.

One or more Predator strike aircraft, or possibly the more advanced Reaper, targeted a Taliban training camp in the town of Zangikhel in the Kani Karam area of South Waziristan. Three or more Hellfire missiles are said to have been launched at the training camp. The camp was run by Umer Barqi, a local tribal leader.

Eight Taliban fighters were reported killed in the initial strike and four more died while being transported to the hospital, Geo News reported. Residents told Pajhwok Afghan News that 14 Taliban fighters were killed. Five more Taliban fighters were said to have been wounded.

There are no reports of senior Taliban or al Qaeda leaders killed at this time; all of those killed are reported to have been "local Taliban."

The strike took place just three miles south of the town of Ladha, where Taliban leaders say they have been meeting to discuss strategy to battle the military, which has attempted to blockade the region and has launched airstrikes against Taliban hideouts in an effort to kill Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. ....