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 Staff Report MIRANSHAH: A missile strike by a US drone on Saturday killed four militants in tehsil Datta Khel, North Waziristan. The missile strike hit Datta Khel village area near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal district, officials said. "A US drone fired three missiles. The target was a vehicle carrying militants. Three militants were killed," said a senior security official in Peshawar. The vehicle was completely destroyed in attack. Separately, a political agent in North Wazirsitan has announced an indefinite curfew in the region. The strike was the 17th suspected U.S. missile assault this month in Pakistani tribal regions, the most intense barrage since they began in 2004 |