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Pakistan: US drones kill four in North Waziristan
22-03-2013
MIRANSHAH, (The News): US drones fired two missiles in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt Thursday, killing four people.
The attack took place in Datta Khel town, 35 kilometres (22 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in the lawless North Waziristan region, which borders Afghanistan.
"Four drones came to the area around midnight and fired two missiles targeting a vehicle," a local security official said.
The covert strikes are publicly criticised by the Pakistani government as a violation of sovereignty but American officials believe they are a vital weapon in the war against militants.
A UN envoy last week said US drone attacks violate Pakistan's sovereignty.UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights Ben Emmerson visited Islamabad as part of an investigation into civilian casualties caused by drone strikes.
According to Britain's Bureau of Investigative Journalism, CIA drone attacks in Pakistan have killed up to 3,577 people since 2004, up to 884 of them civilians.
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