Islamabad, Dec 28 (ANI): US drone strikes against militants in Pakistan's tribal areas has decreased for the second year in a row, according to a Washington-based think tank.
The New America Foundation said that the attacks have, however, intensified in Yemen.
The groups report said that in Pakistan, 46 strikes were carried out in 2012, compared to 72 in 2011 and 122 in 2010, the Dawn reports.
But Yemen saw an equally drastic increase in the clandestine attacks, with strikes against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants rising from 18 in 2011 to 53 in 2012, it added.
According to the paper, the vast majority of the strikes in Pakistan hit in North Waziristan.
Many of the strikes were in and around the regional capital, Miranshah, it said.
According to the New America Foundation, these strikes, with Reaper or Predator drones, killed between 189 and 308 militants and at least seven civilians. (ANI)
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