US drone attack kills 3 suspected militants

Drone fires two missiles into a vehicle in North Waziristan.

MIRANSHAH:

A US drone fired two missiles into a vehicle in the North Waziristan tribal region on Friday, killing at least three suspected militants, officials said.

The attack took place in the Kharkamar area, 40 kilometres west of Miramshah, a stronghold of the Taliban.

It was the fourth such attack reported in the tribal regions since US Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. Another local security official confirmed the strike and toll, but said the identities of the dead were not immediately known.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 14^th, 2011.