Islamabad - Dozens of cross-border strikes carried out by US forces from Afghanistan into Pakistan's lawless tribal region have killed 301 civilians and wounded more than 240 others so far in 2008, a media report said Tuesday.
Citing figures compiled by the Interior Ministry, the English-language daily The News said most of those killed in 32 recorded incidents of missile strikes, drone attacks and one ground raid by the US forces were civilians.
According to the report, only eight US strikes hit the targets, killing 36 al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, while the remaining 24 strikes killed 301 civilians and 18 Pakistani security personnel.