Peshawar, Pakistan (ANTARA News/AFP) - A US drone strike killed at least three militants in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, destroying a compound in a mountain stronghold of the Afghan Taliban`s Haqqani network, officials said.

The attack took place in Darpakhel Sarai, just outside Miranshah the main town of North Waziristan, the most notorious bastion of Afghan Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Pakistan`s semi-autonomous tribal belt. (*)

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