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US Predators killed five people in an airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
The unmanned CIA-operated Predators, or the more deadly Reapers, fired several missiles at a compound in the bazaar in Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan, according to Xinhua.
The identities of those killed have not been disclosed. No senior Taliban, Haqqani Network, or al Qaeda leaders are reported to have been killed.
The Miramshah area is administered by the Haqqani Network, a powerful Taliban subgroup. Hafiz Gul Bahadar, the top Taliban leader in North Waziristan, also has a presence in Miramshah.
The US has targeted top Haqqani Network leaders with the unmanned drones in Miramshah in the past. Jan Baz Zadran, whom US intelligence officials have described as the Haqqani Network's third in command, was killed in a Predator strike in Danda Darpa Khel, just outside of Miramshah, on Oct. 13. Jan Baz is the most senior Haqqani Network leader killed or captured in either Pakistan or Afghanistan since the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001. He was killed just two weeks after the Haqqani Network's top leader in Afghanistan was captured by US Special Operations forces in Paktia province.
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update from KHAAMA press:
A Pakistani security quoted by AFP while speaking on the condition of anonymity said, “At least six militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles on a rebel compound in the bazaar.”
Meanwhile, a number of other Pakistani security officials said, the number of militants killed following the US drone strike on Tuesday was seven.
This comes as the Pakistani security officials earlier announced that at least three militants were killed in Tuesday’s drone attacks.
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