US Drone Bombing in Pakistan Hits Record High

The CIA has significantly increased its bombing in Pakistan in recent weeks, carrying out at least twenty non-UN-sanctioned attacks in September, reported the New York Times.

US officials said on Wednesday that the 20 drone attacks were the highest monthly figure so far.

On Tuesday, two separate non-UN-sanctioned cross-border attacks by US troops in Pakistan killed at least nine people and injured several others, who were all civilians.

The drone attacks, which were initiated by former US president George W. Bush and have continued under President Barack Obama, have drastically increased in recent weeks at a time when devastating floods have taken their toll on the South Asian country.

These developments come one day after two helicopters operated by the US forces in Afghanistan crossed into Pakistan's volatile tribal areas, killing at least 50 people.

In a similar incident of violating Pakistani sovereignty, US forces killed more than 30 people on Friday.