Five killed in drone attack

At least four suspected militants were killed in an alleged U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region on Thursday, a Pakistani army official said.

“At least seven militants were killed”, a local official told The Express Tribune while confirming the drone strike.

The assault on the Haqqani community headquarters got here every week after Afghan Taliban sources informed media that the chief of the Haqqani community Jalaluddin Haqqani died of sickness a yr in the past. Pakistan has also developed its own drone to use in the militant-hit northwestern tribal belt.

While senior US officials claim the targets of the attacks are militants, witnesses maintain that civilians have been the main victims of the airstrikes.

The latest strike is 11th of its kind in tribal areas of Pakistan since the beginning of this year. It has been a hub for Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants since the early 2000s.

Global organizations and human rights groups say the US drone strikes in Pakistan pose a growing challenge to the worldwide rule of law.