US drone attack kills three in northwest Pakistan

Three people have been killed in northwestern Pakistan after a house was struck by two missiles fired by a US drone, Pakistani security officials and sources say.

The drone attack reported on Wednesday targeted the house in the village of Dapa Mamozai in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Reuters quoted a police officer and an intelligence official as saying.

Those killed have been described as militants linked to the Haqqani network.

Local reports identified the victims as Ehsan, also known as Khawari, a Haqqani commander and two of his companions.

Reuters, however, put the number of fatalities at two, citing an unidentified official at the site.

There has been a surge in US drone attacks in Pakistan's mountainous areas bordering Afghanistan since President Donald Trump assumed office in January 2017.

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