A US drone strike targeting a vehicle in the north-western tribal belt near the Afghan border killed four militants on Tuesday, local security officials said. The missile attack, the second in two days, took place near Qutub Khel village, five kilometres east of Miranshah, the main town in the restive North Waziristan district. The militants were on their way to Enzer village from Qutub Khel.
The localities are considered a stronghold of al Qaeda, foreigner extremists and Hafiz Gul Bahadur group. Tuesday’s attack came as Marc Grossman, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, met diplomats from the two countries in Islamabad. “Two missiles were fired from a US drone targeting a militant vehicle. So far, four militants were killed,” a security official said.
Another official in the area confirmed the attack and the toll. More than 20 drone strikes have been reported in the country since May 2, when US elite forces killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who was found living near Pakistan’s main military academy.
Drone kills four near Miranshah
