At least five militants were killed in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the border with Afghanistan on Sunday during a U.S. drone attack, Pakistani security officials said.
The drone's two missiles hit a militant compound near the town of Mir Ali, some 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of North Waziristan's main town of Miranshah. The compound was used for training insurgents, the Pakistani security officials said.
The U.S. has stepped up its drone attacks on Pakistan's border areas after a suicide bomber linked to the country's Taliban branch had killed seven CIA agents in the neighboring Khost province of Afghanistan in December last year.
According to the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), a total of 3,021 people were killed and 7,334 injured in terrorists attacks in Pakistan last year.
Pakistan has witnessed a rise in bombings believed to be conducted by Islamists in response to military operations in their strongholds in the northwest.
ISLAMABAD, February 14 (RIA Novosti)
