US drone strike kills six militants in Pakistan

A US drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt killed 15 militants on Monday, destroying a vehicle and a compound in North Waziristan, local security officials said.The strike took place in Mir Ali village, 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town of the North Waziristan tribal district, Pakistan's premier fortress of Al-Qaeda-linked militants near the Afghan border."At least 15 militants were killed in a US missile strike, which targeted a vehicle and a compound," a senior Pakistani security official told AFP.

A US drone aircraft fired two missiles at a suspected militant compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Thursday, killing three people, security officials said.The target was a house in the village of Khaddi, some 15 kilometres (nine miles) east of North Waziristan's main town, Miranshah, officials said.The drone "fired two missiles on a house. Three militants have been killed," a senior security official in Peshawar told AFP.An intelligence official in Miranshah confirmed the attack and that militants were using the house as a base.

A US drone Thursday fired two missiles on a suspected militant compound in Pakistan's lawless northwestern tribal belt, killing three people, security officials said.The target of the attack was a house used by militants in Khaddi village, some 15 kilometres east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, officials said."One US drone fired two missiles on a house, three militants have been killed," a senior security official in Peshawar told AFP.

A US drone strike in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal belt, on the border with Afghanistan, killed two militants and wounded two others early on Saturday, security officials said.The drone targeted a house in Mir Ali area, 30 kilometres (around 20 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a security official and two intelligence officials told AFP.North Waziristan is known as a hub of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants.

A US drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Saturday killed four militants, destroying their compound and a vehicle, local security officials said.Two missiles fired by a US drone hit Ahmad Khel village, some 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan region, local security officials said."It was a US drone attack, one missile hit a house and another hit a vehicle. We have reports that four militants were killed," an intelligence official in Miranshah told AFP.

A US drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Saturday killed four militants, destroying their compound and a vehicle, local security officials said.Two missiles fired by a US drone hit Ahmad Khel village, some 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan region, local security officials said."It was a US drone attack, one missile hit a house and other hit a vehicle. We have reports that four militants were killed," an intelligence official in Miranshah told AFP.

A US drone attack destroyed an Al-Qaeda hideout in Pakistan's North Waziristan, killing 11 militants Saturday in the tribal redoubt on the Afghan border, security officials said.The aircraft fired two missiles into the compound in Inzarabad village, 25 kilometres (15 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, known as a hub of Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants."Eleven militants were killed and three wounded in a US drone strike," a senior Pakistani security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

A US drone missile attack Tuesday killed at least five suspected militants in the 11th such strike targeting Pakistan's northwest Taliban strongholds this month, security officials said.The missiles pounded a militant compound in a village 30 kilometres (18 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region.Pakistan's lawless tribal belt runs along the Afghan border and Washington has branded it the most dangerous place in the world, rife with Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants plotting attacks on Western targets.