US drone kills three in NW Pakistan
A US drone strike in a Pakistani tribal area yesterday killed at least three militants, security officials said, the first such incident since a US official shot dead two men in Lahore last month.
The strike took place in the restive Datta Khel region, 25 kilometres west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, considered a stronghold of Al-Qaeda-linked militants.
"A US drone fired missiles on a house used by militants, killing three of them," a senior security official told AFP.
Another official also confirmed the missile strike and casualties.
Comments