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Suspected US drone kills five in Pakistan Suspected US drone kills five in Pakistan
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A suspected US drone attack has killed at least five people in an Islamic seminary in Pakistan's north-western Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, reports say.A suspected US drone attack has killed at least five people in an Islamic seminary in Pakistan's north-western Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, reports say.
Officials said at least two of those killed were militants.Officials said at least two of those killed were militants.
The attack appears to have taken place outside the tribal area where most drone strikes are carried out.The attack appears to have taken place outside the tribal area where most drone strikes are carried out.
It comes three weeks after Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a drone attack.It comes three weeks after Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a drone attack.
Pakistani officials said on Wednesday that the US had given assurances that there would be no further drone strikes while the government tried to engage with the Taliban. Police named the two militants killed as Mufti Hameedullah and Mufti Ahmad Jan, both members of the Afghan Haqqani network.
The seminary in the Tall area of Hangu district was struck by three missiles, officials said.
The US has long demanded that Pakistan take action against the Haqqani network which it blames for an attack on the US embassy in Kabul in 2011.
On Wednesday, Pakistan said the US had given assurances that there would be no further drone strikes while the government tried to engage with the Taliban.
Pakistani officials were angered by the attack that killed Hakimullah Mehsud, in North Waziristan, because they said it came a day before they planned to invite him to hold peace talks.
Correspondents say this latest attack could reignite tensions between Washington and Islamabad over the issue.Correspondents say this latest attack could reignite tensions between Washington and Islamabad over the issue.