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 MIRANSHAH: A drone strike killed 18 suspected militants on Saturday in North Waziristan tribal belt along the Afghan border on Saturday. According to sources, four missiles hit a militant compound in Dashgah village near Datta Khel town, some 45 kilometres (28 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district. "Two drones fired four missiles and destroyed the house. Ten militants were killed in this attack," a security official said. Two intelligence officials in Miranshah also confirmed the attack and the death toll. "All of them were militants attached to the Haqqani group," one intelligence official said. The second intelligence official told that initial reports suggested the dead were Uzbek militants from Afghanistan. Later, the sources told that 18 terrorists have been killed in the missile attacks |