US assassination drone kills four people in northwest Pakistan
A US assassination drone strike has killed at least four people in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials say. - The US drone raid targeted a house in a market area of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, early Friday, according to the officials. An intelligence official also said the attack left four people dead and two injured. Washington has increasingly turned to unmanned aircraft to carry out strikes in several countries, including Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. On January 31, President Barack Obama confirmed that the United States used the unmanned drones in Pakistan and "other countries".
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