Peshawar, Pakistan – About 30 suspected Islamic insurgents were killed Tuesday when explosions ripped a compound described by intelligence officials as a training camp.
The compound was in North Waziristan, a semi-autonomous tribal area near the Afghan border that is a sanctuary for the Taliban and militants linked to al-Qaeda.
Tribal sources said they believed the midmorning blasts were caused by missiles fired by an airborne drone or by Western forces in Afghanistan. A U.S. military spokesman said he had no knowledge of such a strike.
A Pakistani army spokesman, Maj. Gen. Arshad Waheed, suggested the blasts had been caused by bombmaking gone awry.
Tribal witnesses said militants were seen bringing more than two dozen empty coffins to the area after the explosions.
