"US drones fired two missiles into a militant compound. At least five militants were killed"
“A US drone attack Saturday killed at least five militants in a remote Pakistani tribal town near the Afghanistan border,” security officials said.
The drone fired two missiles on a compound in Shuwedar village in the North Waziristan region. "US drones fired two missiles into a militant compound. At least five militants were killed," a security official told AFP.
Local intelligence officials confirmed the attack and casualties. The attack came as people in the region celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, they said.
Attacks by unmanned American aircraft are deeply unpopular in Pakistan, which says they violate its sovereignty and fan anti-US sentiment.