MIRANSHAH: A US drone attack Saturday killed at least five suspected militants in North Waziristan, security officials said.
The drone fired two missiles on a compound in Shuwedar village in the North Waziristan region considered a stronghold of Taliban and al Qaeda linked militants.
“US drones fired two missiles into a militant compound. At least five militants were killed,” a security official told AFP.
Local intelligence officials confirmed the attack and casualties.
The attack came as people in the deeply religious region celebrated the Muslim festival of Eidul Fitr, they said.
Attacks by unmanned American aircraft are deeply unpopular in Pakistan, which says they violate its sovereignty and fan anti-US sentiment, but US officials are said to believe the attacks are too important to give up.
The attack comes a day after Army chief General Parvez Kayani hinted at a military offensive in the same region but said it would not be initiated at the behest of any outside power.
Last month, a US drone strike on a compound in North Waziristan killed 12 suspected militants.
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