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| Pakistan drone strike kills seven in North Waziristan | Pakistan drone strike kills seven in North Waziristan |
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| A suspected US drone attack has killed seven people in northwest Pakistan, officials say. | A suspected US drone attack has killed seven people in northwest Pakistan, officials say. |
| Two missiles hit a compound in a village in the North Waziristan tribal area, close to the Afghan border. | Two missiles hit a compound in a village in the North Waziristan tribal area, close to the Afghan border. |
| It is the first drone strike since Nawaz Sharif took over as Pakistan's prime minister and demanded an end to the attacks. | It is the first drone strike since Nawaz Sharif took over as Pakistan's prime minister and demanded an end to the attacks. |
| Last month President Obama announced stricter targeting rules for the drone campaign against militant suspects. | |
| The missiles reportedly hit the remote village of Shokhel in the Shawal valley, some 100km (60 miles) southwest of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan. | |
| The troubled border region is a known stronghold for al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. | The troubled border region is a known stronghold for al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. |
| 'Just' killings | |
| It is unclear who the target of the attack was, but several militant groups have camps in the area, including the Pakistan Taliban whose deputy leader was killed in a drone strike last week, the BBC's Pakistan correspondent Orla Guerin reports. | |
| The timing will be uncomfortable for the country's new prime minister, our correspondent adds. | |
| Earlier this week, Mr Sharif said Pakistan's sovereignty must be respected, and that it was necessary to work out a joint strategy to stop US drone strikes. | |
| "We must learn others' [American] concerns about us, and express our concerns about them, and find a way to resolve this issue," he told MPs in his first address after being re-elected. | "We must learn others' [American] concerns about us, and express our concerns about them, and find a way to resolve this issue," he told MPs in his first address after being re-elected. |
| "These drone strikes that rain in every day have to stop." | "These drone strikes that rain in every day have to stop." |
| Mr Sharif, who was ousted in a 1999 coup, is serving an unprecedented third term as PM. | Mr Sharif, who was ousted in a 1999 coup, is serving an unprecedented third term as PM. |
| The drone issue is hugely controversial in Pakistan, where parts of the government and military have often been accused of ignoring or even condoning some of the drone strikes. | |
| It is estimated that between 2004 and 2013, CIA drone attacks in Pakistan killed up to 3,460 people. | It is estimated that between 2004 and 2013, CIA drone attacks in Pakistan killed up to 3,460 people. |
| About 890 of them were civilians and the vast majority of strikes were carried out under the Obama's administration, the research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism said. | |
| In May, the US president said the drone strikes were part of a legitimate campaign against terrorists, describing the killings as "legal" and "just". | |
| However, he also pledged a more transparent oversight of the programme and stricter targeting rules. |