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Blasts 'kills three' in Pakistan | |
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At least three people have been killed in a suspected US missile strike on militant targets in Pakistan's border region, witnesses and officials say. | |
Another 15 people were injured when a suspected drone aircraft hit a house in North Waziristan. | |
Pakistan's army says it is investigating the incident. | |
It would be the fourth attack in over a week allegedly carried out by US forces, who have not officially confirmed their involvement. | |
Officials say that the house was used by Jalaludin Haqqani, an Afghan militant accused of having close links to both al-Qaeda and the Taleban. | |
Haqqani is not thought to have been in the house during the attack, but one report said that one of his relatives had been injured. | |
In recent months, US forces have been accused of attacking suspected Taleban targets in the region on the Afghan border with drone aircraft. | In recent months, US forces have been accused of attacking suspected Taleban targets in the region on the Afghan border with drone aircraft. |
An unnamed security official quoted by the AFP news agency said three militants had been killed and 15 others had been injured in Monday morning's incident. | |
"There were two drones and they fired three missiles," unnamed resident of Dandi Darpakheil, a village near Miran Shah, the main town of North Waziristan told Reuters. | |
Pakistani army spokesman Maj Murad Khan said the cause of the explosions was "being investigated". | |
Last week, five people were killed in a suspected US missile strike on militant targets in the North Waziristan tribal area. | |
Pakistan's army has warned that such direct US action could rally more tribesmen behind the Taleban and incite a wider uprising. |