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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Drone strike kills 5 in Pakistan

Islamabad : At least five people were killed Friday when a US drone fired four missiles at a vehicle
in northwest Pakistan, Xinhua reported.


The drone hovered over Datta Khel area in North Waziristan for some time and then fired the missiles at a vehicle carrying five people, media reports said.

All five people travelling in the vehicle were killed.

North Waziristan is reportedly a major hideout of the Pakistani Taliban. The US has long been pressurising Pakistan to conduct a military operation in the area to flush out the militants. IANS