Drone attack

Two US drone strikes targeted a suspected insurgent compound and a vehicle in North Waziristan. Both the attacks took place in Mir Ali town, some 40 kilometres east of Miranshah in North Waziristan along the Afghan border. The two US drones fired two missiles into a suspected militant compound, and minutes later another drone fired two missiles at a vehicle close to the compound, officials said. “At least twelve militants were killed in both the US drone strikes. The vehicle was completely burnt and the compound was also destroyed,” according to a security official. The attack coincided with a visit by US Senator John Kerry to Islamabad, the first visit by a senior US figure since the Abbottabad operation, in a bid to smooth relations. Earlier, the parliament had called for an end to US drone strikes.