A drone strike by the United States on Sunday killed four militants in the North Waziristan region, officials said. The drone fired two missiles into a vehicle as it drove through a village near Datta Khel town about 30 kilometres (20 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan district, Pakistani security officials told AFP. “Four militants were killed in the attack,” one official said.
The attack destroyed the vehicle, the officials said, adding that at least two other militants were wounded including one critically. The identities of the dead were not clear. At least 10 militants were killed in two US drone attacks in Waziristan on Thursday, including the brother of a local Taliban commander who was accused of sending fighters across the border to fight in Afghanistan.