A US drone fired two missiles into a vehicle in Pakistan’s tribal district of North Waziristan on Friday, killing at least three people, officials said.
The attack took place in the Kharkamar area, 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Miranshah, a stronghold of the Taliban and militants linked to Al-Qaeda.
“A US drone fired two missiles targeting a vehicle, killing at least three militants,” a senior security official told AFP.
It was the fourth such attack reported in Pakistan’s tribal belt on the Afghan border, which Washington has dubbed the global headquarters of Al-Qaeda.
The new attack coincided with a joint sitting of parliament in Islamabad, where Pakistan’s intelligence chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha and army chief of staff Ashfaq Kayani were briefing lawmakers on the bin Laden operation.
Another local security official confirmed the strike and toll, but said the identities of the dead were not immediately known.
At least five rebels were killed in a similar US strike that targeted a militants’ vehicle in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan on Thursday.
Washington does not confirm drone attacks, but its military and the CIA operating in Afghanistan are the only forces that deploy them in the region.
The US strikes doubled last year, with more than 100 drone strikes killing over 670 people, according to an AFP tally.
