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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. | 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. | 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. | Pakistan's army says it is investigating the incident. |
It would be the fourth attack in less than a week allegedly carried out by US forces, who have not officially confirmed their involvement. | |
Villagers say unmanned US aircraft fired several missiles at a house and an Islamic seminary in a tribal area in North Waziristan. | |
"There were two drones and they fired three missiles," an unnamed resident of Dandi Darpakheil, a village near Miran Shah, the main town of North Waziristan told Reuters. | |
Security officials say that the house was used by Jalaludin Haqqani, an Afghan Taleban commander said to have close links to Osama Bin Laden. | |
Reports suggest that he and his son, who is also a Taleban commander, were not at home. | |
But some of his relatives, including women and children, are said to have been killed and 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. |
Last week Pakistan condemned an alleged raid by foreign troops based in Afghanistan which officials say killed at least 15 villagers in South Waziristan. | |
In the same 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. | Pakistan's army has warned that such direct US action could rally more tribesmen behind the Taleban and incite a wider uprising. |
The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says this upsurge in strikes has alarmed military and government officials here, who say it seriously undermines their counter insurgency operations |