Ten killed in two drone attacks in NWA

About 10 militants have been killed in two drone strikes in North Waziristan tribal district on the Afghan border, Dunya News reported on Wednesday. The first attack took place in Dandey Darpakhel village, five kilometres northwest of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district. At least six militants were killed in the US drone attack which targeted the compound of a local militant, reports said. A security official in the region confirmed the strike and casualties. In the second attack, a US drone fired two missiles which struck a vehicle, killing four militants in Amboor Shaga village of Dattakhel town in North Waziristan tribal area, 40 kilometres west of Miramshah. More than 1,040 people have been killed in 122 drone strikes in Pakistan since August 2008, including a number of senior militants. However, the attacks fuel anti-American sentiment in the country. More than 3,700 people have been killed in the last three years in a series of suicide attacks and bomb explosions across Pakistan, many of them carried out by the Taliban and other al-Qaeda-linked extremists.