US drone aircraft have attacked suspected militants in Kurram, killing five people, officials said on Saturday. The drone attack, in the Kurram tribal region, was the latest in a US campaign aimed at eliminating al Qaeda and Taliban militants who base themselves in north-west Pakistan and attack US-led forces in Afghanistan.
"There were attacks in three different places on Friday evening," said a government official in the region, who declined to be identified. Two of the missiles hit vehicles carrying suspected militants. It was not clear if the three attacks were carried out by one or more aircraft, they said. The identity of the five dead was not known while several suspected militants were wounded, the officials said.