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Summary At least five suspected militants were killed Monday in US drone attack in North Waziristan.
US drones targeted a vehicle in Degan, the town of North Waziristan. The aircraft reportedly fired two missiles.The Obama administration halted the campaign temporarily in November after a NATO attack on a Pakistani border post that killed 24 Pak soldiers, undermining bilateral relations.But the U.S. resumed its drone strikes on January 7, and President Barack Obama confirmed that the unmanned aircraft were used to target suspected militants in the countrys tribal areas.More than 100 people were reported killed in similar strikes in Pakistan this year, mostly in the militancy-infected northwest.In March, a Pak parliamentary committee demanded an end to U.S. drone attacks in the country and an unconditional apology for air strikes that killed the Pakistani soldiers.The committee urged the government to thoroughly revise the terms and conditions of a transit agreement with the NATO, and strike a new deal before reopening a key supply route to NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
