US drone kills three in North Waziristan
The US resumed drone programme last week with two strikes in the same village, killing at least 16.
MIRANSHAH (Web Desk) - At least three militants were killed in a US drone strike early Wednesday in a northwest tribal district where Pakistan has this week launched a major military offensive.
Local security officials said two missiles hit three compounds in Dargah Mandi village in North Waziristan, around 10 kilometres (six miles) west of the main town of Miranshah in an area considered a stronghold for the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network.
Washington reportedly suspended its drone programme in December to give Islamabad time to pursue a dialogue process with the Pakistani Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) aimed at ending a seven-year insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives.
However the peace process was shattered when the Taliban launched an attack on the airport in Karachi on June 9 that left dozens dead.
The US resumed the programme last week, days after the Karachi attack, with two strikes in the same village of Dargah Mandi, killing at least 16.
The US resumed drone programe last week with two strikes in the same village of Dargah Mandi, killing at least 16 militants.
