Eight militants are killed and four are wounded Tuesday when US drones fired missiles at militant compounds in a lawless Pakistani tribal area
The missiles fired at militant compounds in the villages of Haider Khel in the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district, a stronghold of Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants.
“US drones fired missiles on two militant compounds. At least eight militants have been killed,” a security official told
The two attacks occurred within an hour, with four militants killed in each compound, the official said
Legal lobby group Reprieve estimates that up to nearly 900 civilians were among the 2,621 to 3,442 people killed by US drones in Pakistan since 2004.
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