US drone strike kills 5 in Pakistan
A US drone attack has claimed the lives of at least five people in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, officials and local media reported. The five were killed on Wednesday morning when a US drone aircraft fired missiles at a vehicle in Ambir Shaga area of Datta Khel tehsil, near the border with Afghanistan, a Press TV correspondent reported. The vehicle was also destroyed in the attack, the pakistani officials added.
The attack comes two days after a US drone attack killed at least five people and wounded several others in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of South Waziristan. The US frequently carries out such attacks on Pakistan's tribal areas. Attacks by unmanned American planes have left dozens of Pakistanis dead in the volatile region over the past weeks. Nearly 1,200 people were killed in 124 unauthorized US drone attacks in Pakistan in 2010.