Miranshah: US drone attack kills three

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Miranshah: US drone attack kills three

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A US drone attack killed at least three people early Thursday in Miranshah area of North Waziristan.

14 June,2012 07:24 am

A US drone strike has killed three people in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal area of North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan.The attack took place early on Thursday when the drone fired two missiles on a building in the central market of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan.A US drone fired two missiles on the first floor of a shop in the main market and at least three militants were killed, a senior official saidThere has been a dramatic increase in US drone strikes in Pakistan since a NATO summit in Chicago ended last month without a deal to end a six-month blockade on NATO supplies crossing into Afghanistan.At least four people had been killed in another US drone attack on the same town on Wednesday.