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US drone strike kills six militants in Pakistan

05 May 2012 04:53 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. A US drone attack targeting a militant compound early on Saturday killed at least six insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal district along the Afghan border, APA reports quoting AFP.

Pakistani security officials said two missiles hit and destroyed the compound in Shawal area, some 70 kilometres (45 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district along the Afghan border.

"A US drone fired two missiles at the compound. At least six militants have been killed. The death toll may rise," one security official told AFP in Peshawar.

Two security officials in Miranshah confirmed the strike and death toll and added that militants were using the compound as a training centre.

Pakistan and the United States are currently taking tentative steps to repair a serious crisis in relations over last year’s covert American raid that killed Osama bin Laden and US air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.