US drone kills three in Miranshah: officials
MIRANSHAH: A US drone strike on Monday killed three militants in Miranshah, officials said.
The drone fired two missiles into a vehicle as it drove through a village near Mubarak Shah town about 15 kilometres (9 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan district, Pakistani security officials told AFP.
"Three militants have been killed in the attack," one security official said.
The officials said that the drone targeted a moving vehicle.
"The vehicle was moving. There are reports that four militants were killed in the strike but we are verifying the death of the fourth militant. We have confirmed the death of three others," said the officials.
The identities of the dead were not clear.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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