In the Pakistani authorities' first official confirmation that the raid on the village of Damadola killed militants, the administration of the area's semiautonomous tribal regions said Tuesday that the four or five bodies of "foreign terrorists," among 10 to 12 extremists attending the dinner, were taken away "by their companions." No names were supplied.

On Wednesday, Shah Zaman Khan, director general of media relations for Pakistan's tribal areas, said the terrorists' bodies are probably in the mountainous areas along the rugged, ill-defined border.


International Herald Tribune