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US drone strike in Pakistan.

 A US drone strike targeting a militant compound Thursday killed three insurgents in a northwest Pakistan tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.

The attack took place near Miranshah, the main town in the troubled North Waziristan tribal district.

"A US drone fired two missiles on a militant compound, hitting a part of the house and also a vehicle parked there, killing three militants," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

He said that 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.

Another official in the city of Peshawar confirmed the attack, saying the identities of the militants were immediately unclear.

The incident comes a week after Pakistan i Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged US President Barack Obama to stop drone strikes during a meeting in Washington.

The Pakistan i 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 Pakistan i 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.


source: www.ekantipur.com

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