U.S. strike inside Pakistan kills four

Islamabad, Oct 16 (PTI) Four persons were killed and
five others injured Thursday in a missile strike by a
suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's south Waziristan tribal
region, a stronghold of the local Taliban led by Baitullah
Mehsud.

Local residents and witnesses told Dawn News channel
that at least three missiles were fired at the home of a
tribesman named Ghazi Khan Mehsud in Tabargai area of South
Waziritsan.

The witnesses said they had seen four bodies being
pulled from the rubble of the house. They said they feared the
toll could rise as a number of people were present in the
house at the time of the attack.

People kept away from Ghazi Khan Mehsud's house and
did not immediately launch rescue operations as two drones
were seen flying over the area even after the explosions
occurred.

This was the first time suspected U.S. drones have
struck an area inhabited by the Mehsud tribe and under the
control of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud.

Thursday's attack was the latest in a series of
missile strikes by U.S. drones in Pakistan's troubled tribal
belt bordering Afghanistan.