Five die in drone attack

Published March 22, 2010

MIRAMSHAH, March 21 Missiles fired from US drones on Sunday killed at least five militants in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.

“A US drone fired two missiles on a militant compound near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. At least five militants were killed,” a senior security official said. “It is not clear if there was any important target,” he added.

Two other security officials and an intelligence official confirmed the drone strike and death toll in Inzar village in North Waziristan tribal district.—AFP

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