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Blasts 'kills three' in Pakistan 'Another US strike' 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.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 over a week allegedly carried out by US forces, who have not officially confirmed their involvement. It would be the fourth attack in less than 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. Villagers say unmanned US aircraft fired several missiles at a house and an Islamic seminary in a tribal area in North Waziristan.
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. "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.
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. Last week Pakistan condemned an alleged raid by foreign troops based in Afghanistan which officials say killed at least 15 villagers in South Waziristan.
"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. In the same week, five people were killed in a suspected US missile strike on militant targets in the North Waziristan tribal area.
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.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