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Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) March 31, 2010 Unmanned US aircraft fired three missiles, destroying a compound in Pakistan's tribal belt near the Afghan border early Wednesday and killing six militants, security officials said. US drone attacks frequently target Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked commanders in the nuclear-armed country's tribal belt, where Taliban and foreign militants have carved out havens in mountainous areas outside direct government control. "A US drone attack targeted a compound owned by Samir Khan, a local tribesman, and used by militants in North Waziristan. Two missiles were fired," a Pakistani security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "Four people were killed," the official said. The strike took place at the village of Tapi, about 20 kilometres (13 miles) east of Miranshah. Another Pakistani intelligence official confirmed the first attack and said another US drone fired a third drone into the same compound killing another two suspected militants and bringing the overall death toll to six.
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