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Loud explosions heard in Pakistan Blasts 'kills three' in Pakistan
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Reports from north-western Pakistan say that loud explosions have been heard in a village close to the Afghan border. 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.
The blasts have been heard near a religious school with connections to Osama bin Laden. Another 15 people were injured when a suspected drone aircraft hit a house in North Waziristan.
Details are sketchy but there are reports of casualties. One report said three militants had been killed. 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.