US drone strike kills three 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 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.

A US missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border killed four rebels on Saturday, local security officials said.The strike took place in the village of Essori, 20 kilometres (13 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, which is known as a hub of Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants."One missile fired from a US drone struck a militant compound in the village killing at least four rebels," a senior Pakistani security official in the area told AFP on condition of anonymity.

A missile strike from a US drone aircraft killed three suspected militants in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal belt early Tuesday, security and intelligence officials said.The attack targeted a car in Aspalga village, about 12 kilometres (seven miles) southeast of Miranshah, the main town of the restive North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, officials said."The three people killed in the attack were militants but as yet their identity is not confirmed," an intelligence official told AFP. "The moment the car left a house, it was hit by two missiles."

A US drone missile attack killed three militants in Pakistan's tribal belt on the Afghan border Friday, destroying a militant compound, Pakistani officials said.The attack took place in Zanini village near the town of Mir Ali, about 30 kilometres (18 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town of restive North Waziristan tribal district."US drones fired four missiles at a militant compound and according to initial information at least three militants were killed," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

A US missile strike by a drone killed at least five militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district on Monday, Pakistani security officials said.The attack targeted militants sleeping at a compound in Haider Khel village of Mir Ali district in North Waziristan, 25 kilometres (15 miles) east of the region's main town of Miranshah."Five militants were killed," said a senior Pakistani security official on condition of anonymity.

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 strike targeting a rebel vehicle and a compound on Sunday killed six militants and wounded five others in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.The unmanned aircraft fired missiles in mountainous Spalga village, 15 kilometres (nine miles) northeast of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district and a stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked rebels.