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Pakistan's army chief has condemned the latest raid by US unmanned drones as "intolerable and unjustified".
In a strongly worded statement, Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said the attack, which killed about 40 people, was "in complete violation of human rights".
Most of the victims were believed to be civilians attending a tribal meeting near North Waziristan's regional capital, Miranshah.
Tension has been growing in recent weeks between the US and Pakistan.
The US drone attacks are a long-running source of bad feeling, but the acquittal of CIA contractor Raymond Davis of murder has sparked protests across Pakistan.
The Pakistani military often makes statements regretting the loss of life in such incidents, but rarely criticises the attacks themselves.
Gen Kayani, however, said such "acts of violence" make it harder to fight terrorism.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12779232
In a strongly worded statement, Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said the attack, which killed about 40 people, was "in complete violation of human rights".
Most of the victims were believed to be civilians attending a tribal meeting near North Waziristan's regional capital, Miranshah.
Tension has been growing in recent weeks between the US and Pakistan.
The US drone attacks are a long-running source of bad feeling, but the acquittal of CIA contractor Raymond Davis of murder has sparked protests across Pakistan.
The Pakistani military often makes statements regretting the loss of life in such incidents, but rarely criticises the attacks themselves.
Gen Kayani, however, said such "acts of violence" make it harder to fight terrorism.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12779232
