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29 March 2024

US drone strike kills 4 people in Pakistan

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By Reuters

A US drone strike killed four people and wounded three others on Friday in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghanistan border, intelligence officials and militants said.

The remotely piloted aircraft targeted a residential compound in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a Pakistan Taliban commander told Reuters.

Intelligence officials, however, said they did not have details on the identities or nationalities of the suspected militants.

The controversial drone programme, a key element in US counter-terrorism efforts, is highly unpopular in Pakistan, where it is considered a violation of sovereignty with many civilian casualties.

The United States says the strikes in Pakistan's unruly northwestern tribal regions along Afghanistan border are very accurate and there is minimal collateral damage.

A Pakistani parliamentary committee recently demanded an end to drone strikes on Pakistani territory as part of its recommendations for a new direction of ties with Washington.