A US drone strike targeted a house in Pakistan's restive
North Waziristan tribal region killing at least four suspected militants.
Local officials said the drone attack took place late last
night and targeted a house in Qutab Khel village, five kilometres from
Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan.
The area is a stronghold for Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked
militants.
The identities of those killed in the strike were not
immediately known but officials suspect that they were of Afghan origin.
Pakistani government criticises drone strikes as a
violation of its sovereignty and counterproductive to anti-terror efforts.
NATO supply routes continue to remain blocked in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa province due to protests over strikes from the CIA-operated spy
planes.
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