A US drone strike targeting a vehicle in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt killed at least five militants, local security officials said on Monday. The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles, hitting a vehicle in the Nurak area of North Waziristan, part of the notorious tribal badlands that Washington calls global headquarters of al Qaeda.
“The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at the vehicle and killed at least five militants in the strike,” a security official said. The security official said initial reports suggested that a group of militants were traveling in the vehicle at the time of the attack. According to AFP, two other Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed the drone strike and death toll.
