US drone kills at least threemilitants in North Waziristan

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MIRANSHAH: A US drone fired
two missiles at a compound in
Pakistan’s northwestern tribal
district of North Waziristan early
Thursday, killing at least three
militants, local security officials
said.
The missiles hit a house in Mubarak
Shahi village, in Mir Ali, 20
kilometres east of Miranshah, the
main town in the North Waziristan
tribal district, which is a
stronghold of Taliban and al Qaeda-
linked militants.
“Militants were using this house as
a compound. At least three
militants were killed in this drone
strike,” a security official based in
the northwestern city of Peshawar
told AFP.
Four missiles were fired at a
compund, killing four militants and
injuring several others, according
to a DawnNews report.
The covert US attacks are
unpopular in Pakistan, where the
government criticises them as a
violation of sovereignty but
American officials believe they are
a vital weapon against Islamist
militants.

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