Last Updated On 31 October,2013 About 2 hours ago
At least three people were killed when US unmanned aircraft fired missiles at a house in Miranshah.
MIRANSHAH (Dunya News) - A US drone strike targeting a compound in Zafar Town area of Miranshah on Thursday killed three people.
The attack took place near Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan.
"A US drone fired two missiles on a compound, hitting a part of the house and also a vehicle parked there, killing three people.
Fire engulfed the vehicle soon after the attack, while local people were trying to recover the dead bodies and injured trapped beneath the rubble of the compound.
The incident comes a week after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged US President Barack Obama to stop drone strikes during a meeting in Washington.
The Pakistani defence ministry Wednesday said 317 US drone strikes in the country s tribal areas had killed 67 civilians and 2,160 militants in Pakistan since 2008.
US drone attacks are deeply unpopular in Pakistan, but Washington sees them as a vital tool in the fight against militants in the lawless tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.
The Pakistani government has repeatedly protested against drone strikes as a violation of its sovereignty.
But privately officials have been reported as saying the attacks can be useful in removing militants from the country.
MIRANSHAH (Dunya News) - A US drone strike targeting a compound in Zafar Town area of Miranshah on Thursday killed three people.
The attack took place near Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan.
"A US drone fired two missiles on a compound, hitting a part of the house and also a vehicle parked there, killing three people.
Fire engulfed the vehicle soon after the attack, while local people were trying to recover the dead bodies and injured trapped beneath the rubble of the compound.
The incident comes a week after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged US President Barack Obama to stop drone strikes during a meeting in Washington.
The Pakistani defence ministry Wednesday said 317 US drone strikes in the country s tribal areas had killed 67 civilians and 2,160 militants in Pakistan since 2008.
US drone attacks are deeply unpopular in Pakistan, but Washington sees them as a vital tool in the fight against militants in the lawless tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.
The Pakistani government has repeatedly protested against drone strikes as a violation of its sovereignty.
But privately officials have been reported as saying the attacks can be useful in removing militants from the country.
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