A US drone targeted a residential compound and a vehicle in northwest Pakistan’s restive tribal region close to the Afghan border, killing at least 18 suspected militants, officials said today.

US drone strikes targeting three militant compounds on Friday killed at least 15 people in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said.

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US forces are poised to deploy pint-sized drones, small enough to fit into soldier's rucksack, but packed with tiny explosive warheads enough to blast targets with pinpoint accuracy.

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The frequent CIA drone attacks on terrorist safe havens in countries like Pakistan is widely opposed around the world but not in India, US and UK, according to a recent survey on America's image abroad.

A U.S. drone aircraft killed nine suspected militants on Saturday in Pakistan's North Waziristan region near the Afghan border, Pakistani security officials said.

The controversial drone program, a k

Stepping up a campaign against militants holed up in Pakistan's tribal areas, a US drone on Thursday fired two missiles on a house in North Waziristan, killing six suspected insurgents, officials said

At least 13 people were killed on Wednesday in a US drone attack in Pakistan's northwest, a media report said.

The drone carried out three strikes in Orakzai region in Federally Administered Tribal A

A US drone attack targetting a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal area near the Afghan border killed four militants late Tuesday, security officials said.

Two missiles hit a compound on the outer

Al-Qaeda's second-in-command Atiyah Abd al-Rahman has been killed in a US drone attack in the mountains of Pakistan's unruly Waziristan region, American officials have said, in a significant blow t

The American ambassador to Islamabad phoned Washington with an urgent plea: Stop an imminent CIA drone strike against militants on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border.

He feared the timing of the