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Drone Strike In N. Waziristan Targets Militants

April 30 2012

Pakistan

A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed at least three suspected terrorists and wounded several others, reports the Pakistan Observer.

On Sunday afternoon, Hellfire missiles struck a house. Those killed were foreign militants, official Pakistani sources said.

The target was a compound in Miranshah, a stronghold of Al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants, security officials told AFP.

This was the first attack since Pakistan's Parliament two weeks ago demanded that...

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