US drone fires two missiles into vehicle in Pakistan’s tribal district of Waziristan, kills three

A US drone fired two missiles into a vehicle in Pakistan's tribal district of North Waziristan on Friday, killing at least three persons in a Taliban and Al-Qaeda stronghold.

The attack took place in the Kharkamar area, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Miranshah.

It was the fourth such attack reported in Pakistan's tribal badlands on the Afghan border, which Washington has dubbed the global headquarters of Al-Qaeda, since US Navy SEALs killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad.

The new attack coincided with a joint sitting of parliament in Islamabad, where Pakistan's intelligence chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha and army chief of staff Ashfaq Kayani were briefing lawmakers on the bin Laden operation.

Another local security official confirmed the strike and toll, but said the identities of the dead were not immediately known.