U.S. drone kills six suspected militants in Pakistan


  • World
  • Wednesday, 02 Sep 2015

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A unmanned U.S. drone aircraft killed at least six suspected militants and wounded four others on Tuesday in a remote area of northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border, officials said.

Pakistani security officials and tribal sources said attackers hit an suspected militant compound in Dattakhel, a village in North Waziristan, near the Afghan border.

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