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Pakistan: Drones criticized as US strike kills three in Pakistan
Another US drone attack killed at least three people early on Thursday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, security officials said, despite mounting controversy over Washington's increasing use of drones.
The drone fired two missiles on a building in the central market of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said.
"A US drone fired two missiles on the first floor of a shop in the main market and at least three militants were killed," a senior official told AFP, although it was not independently verified whether the dead were militants.
There has been a dramatic increase in US drone strikes in Pakistan since a NATO summit in Chicago ended last month without a deal to end a six-month blockade on NATO supplies crossing into Afghanistan.
The drone fired two missiles on a building in the central market of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said.
"A US drone fired two missiles on the first floor of a shop in the main market and at least three militants were killed," a senior official told AFP, although it was not independently verified whether the dead were militants.
There has been a dramatic increase in US drone strikes in Pakistan since a NATO summit in Chicago ended last month without a deal to end a six-month blockade on NATO supplies crossing into Afghanistan.
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