US drone kills three in NW Pakistan: officials

A US drone strike in a Pakistani tribal area on Thursday killed at least three militants, security officials said.

A US drone strike in a Pakistani tribal area on Thursday killed at least three militants, security officials said.

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The strike took place in the restive Datta Khel region, 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, considered a stronghold of Al-Qaeda-linked militants.

"A US drone fired missiles on a house used by militants, killing three of them," a senior security official told AFP.

Another official also confirmed the missile strike and casualties.