This is the third dtone attack in North Waziristan within 24 hours, officials said. —File Photo
PESHAWAR: A US drone attack on a house in North Waziristan Thursday killed seven people, more causalities are feared, security officials said.
Two missiles were fired at a house in Ditta Khel, killing seven people also making it the third attack in North Waziristan within 24 hours, DawnNews reported.
The covert US drone campaign stepped up strikes in Pakistan’s tribal belt on the Afghan border last month over intelligence claims of a Mumbai-style terror plot to launch attacks on European cities.
Around 35 such attacks since September 3 have killed more than 185 people, according to an AFP toll. Around 150 drone strikes since August 2008 have killed more than 1,200.
The United States considers Pakistan’s tribal belt an al Qaeda headquarters, and Western officials say the drone campaign is seen as integral to US-led efforts to beat back a nine-year Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. —Agencies
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