US missile strike kills five in Pakistan: officials

At least three militants were killed Friday in the second US missile strike in as many days targeting Pakistan's wild tribal region of North Waziristan, officials said.The morning attack by a drone aircraft struck a suspected militant hideout in Ghundikala village, 15 kilometres (nine miles) east of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan and close to the Afghan border."A US drone fired two missiles, targeting a vehicle and killing three militants," a senior security official in the area told AFP.

At least three militants were killed Friday in the second US missile strike in as many days targeting Pakistan's wild tribal region of North Waziristan, officials said.The morning attack by a drone aircraft struck a suspected militant hideout in Ghundikala village, 15 kilometres (nine miles) east of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan and close to the Afghan border."A US drone fired two missiles, targeting a vehicle and killing three militants," a senior security official in the area told AFP.

A US missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border killed at least 10 rebels on Wednesday, local security officials said.The attack took place in Dandey Darpakhel village, five kilometres (three miles) northwest of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, which is a renowned hub for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants.

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 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 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.

US missiles targeted a Taliban training centre in Pakistan's tribal belt Wednesday, killing four militants in the latest strike in a recent spike in drone attacks, Pakistani officials said.The attack targeted a compound in Sanzali village, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, and was the fourth suspected US missile attack in the tribal district in a week.

US missiles flattened an extremist hideout in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt Sunday, killing two militants in the latest strike in a recent spike in drone attacks, Pakistani officials said.The attack targeted a house in Mosakki village, about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, and was the third suspected US missile attack in the tribal district in less than a week.