MIRANSHAH: A US drone strike targeting a militant compound Thursday killed three insurgents in North Waziristan, officials said.
The attack took place near Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district.
"A US drone fired two missiles on a militant compound, hitting a part of the house and also a vehicle parked there, killing three militants," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
He said that fire engulfed the vehicle soon after the attack, while local people were trying to recover the dead bodies and injured trapped beneath the rubble of the compound.
Another official in Peshawar confirmed the attack, saying the identities of the militants were immediately unclear.
The incident comes a week after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged US President Barack Obama to stop drone strikes during a meeting in Washington.
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