PESHAWAR: A suspected US drone strike targeted a compound in Afghanistan, killing three local Taliban militants, said a Pakistani official on Wednesday night.

Kamran Afridi, an official at Miramshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan Agency, said the strike took place on Wednesday just across the Afghan border in the village of Gurowek in Khost province.

A Taliban ‘commander’ who identified himself as Abdullah Waziristani confirmed the attack, saying the targeted compound belonged to a local Taliban leader.

There was no immediate confirmation from inside Khost province.

Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2017

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