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US drone attack kills 4 militants in Pak tribal belt
A US drone fired missiles at a Taliban training centre in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal area today, killing at least four militants.
Updated on: Jan 6, 2010, 18:19:28 IST
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A US drone fired missiles at a Taliban training centre in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal area today, killing at least four militants.
The drone attack occurred in Sunzali area of Datta Khel sub-division of North Waziristan, the fourth such strike in the restive tribal region in a week.
The drone fire two missiles at a militant training centre killing four Taliban fighters, sources said.
Today's attack follow the January 3 strike when US missiles targeted a house used by militants in a village in Mirali, a stronghold of al-Qaeda and Taliban, in North Waziristan killing at least three people.
Earlier, eight militants were killed in two separate US drone attacks in the area on December 31 and January 1 respectively.
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