An unmanned spy plane strike killed at least four alleged militants belonging to banned outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Saturday.
U.S. drone strike killed four terrorists including outlawed TTP key commander Maulana Noor Saeed Khan Jani Khel along with his three aides.
The aerial strike was carried out at compound of a home in Mangroti area of the tribal agency. It is the first drone strike in Pakistani territories by the U.S. government.
Earlier, a new research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that drone strikes in Pakistan fell to their lowest level for eight years in 2015, with a sharp reduction not only in attacks but also in the number of people reported killed.
The drones hit the country’s tribal areas 13 times last year, killing between 60 and 85 people – almost half the 25 strikes in 2014 and 10 times fewer than the campaign’s peak of 128 in 2010, BBC Urdu reported.
