Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS): At least four suspected militants were killed Saturday in a US drone strike in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area near Khyber Agency.
Military officials said that the drone targeted militant hideouts in the Cancharo Kandoa area on the Afghanistan side, Dawn online reported.
The village is right on the border but the area which was targeted falls under the Afghan jurisdiction.
Khyber is one of Pakistan’s seven semi-autonomous regions governed by tribal laws and lies near the Afghan border.
The Taliban and other Al Qaeda linked groups, who stage attacks in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, are known to have strongholds in the zone.
Drone attacks are widely unpopular across Pakistan and according to a survey conducted in June this year, 66 per cent of the country's citizens oppose these strikes.