5 killed in US drone strike in northwest Pakistan

At least five people were killed and several others injured when US drones fired two missiles at a house suspected of being a militants' hideout in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan early on Wednesday morning, reported local Urdu TV channel ARY. Local media quoted sources as saying that five US drones were flying at 2:40 am (Local time) over Miranshah, a main town of North Waziristan before they fired two missiles at the house. Identities of the victims in the strike are not known immediately as North Waziristan is a far-flung mountainous tribal area bordering Afghanistan. This is the first US drone attack following the Chicago Summit during which the US President Barack Obama reportedly said that the United States and Pakistan were making "diligent progress" on reopening a vital NATO supply line into Afghanistan, which has been closed by Pakistan following a deadly NATO air strike on two Pakistani border checkposts in November 2011. Wednesday morning's US drone strike is the 13th of its kind in Pakistan in 2012. Up to date, at least 98 people have reportedly been killed in such strikes since this year.