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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 US drone strike 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. This is the second attack to have taken place outside the tribal area where most strikes are carried out since the drone campaign began .
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.
Police named the two militants killed as Mufti Hameedullah and Mufti Ahmad Jan, both members of the Afghan Haqqani network. Police named the two suspected militants killed as Mufti Hameedullah and Mufti Ahmad Jan, both thought to be members of the Afghan Haqqani network.
Police official Zia Khan told the Associated Press news agency that others killed were students and teachers.
The seminary in the Tall area of Hangu district was struck by three missiles, officials said.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. Reports say the seminary is known to be visited by senior members of the Afghan Haqqani network.
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.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.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. For nine years, American drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt have been deeply unpopular, says the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani in Karachi.
But this latest attack, carried out further away from the remote tribal region and deeper inside the Pakistani territory, could further complicate relations between Washington and Islamabad, our correspondent adds.
Most of the previous drone attacks occur in the North Waziristan region, which is considered a militant stronghold.
In contrast, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, where the recent drone attack occurred, is considered a more settled area of Pakistan.