MIRANSHAH: At least eight suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike early Wednesday in the Miranshah tehsil of North Waziristan tribal region where a comprehensive military operation launched by the Pakistani army against foreign and local terrorists is also under way.
Intelligence sources said six missiles fired by a drone hit a compound and a vehicle in Dargah Mandi village in Miramshah.
The identities of those killed in the strikes have not yet been ascertained, sources said.
Wednesday’s is the third drone attack in a month, the earlier two successive US drone strikes killing at least 16 suspected militants in North Waziristan.
The army launched its long-awaited major operation ‘Zarb-e-Azb’ in the tribal region a week after an attack on the airport in Karachi, deploying troops, tanks and jets to the area in the crackdown on the Taliban and other militants.
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