| GEO Pakistan | | US missile attack toll mounts to 12 | Updated at: 1012 PST, Friday, August 21, 2009
 MIRANSHAH: The death toll of US drone strike in Danday Darpa Khel reached to 12 as women and children are also among the dead.
According to sources, a US drone fired missile at a house in Danday Darpa Khel area. Eyewitnesses said 12 bodies have been recovered from the rubble so far whereas several were injured, some of them reported in a critical condition.
According to reports, all victims of the attack belonged to Afghanistan. Five houses were also demolished in the attack.
Militants carried out synchronized attacks at a check post near Miranshah air force base; Ameen check post, Colony check post and Ghulam Khan Road check post after the missile strike. Security forces opened retaliatory fire, however, no loss of life was reported.
On the other hand, political officials imposed indefinite curfew in tehsil Miranshah.
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