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| At least 16 people have been killed in a missile strike on a building near Pakistan's northern border with Afghanistan, state television has said. | At least 16 people have been killed in a missile strike on a building near Pakistan's northern border with Afghanistan, state television has said. |
| The attack took place in the South Waziristan region, where tribal militants are based, Reuters news agency reported residents as saying. | The attack took place in the South Waziristan region, where tribal militants are based, Reuters news agency reported residents as saying. |
| The Pakistani state TV report said several missiles destroyed the house of a suspected militant leader. | |
| Reuters reported the military saying seven militants were among the dead. | |
| "The blast shook the entire area, about 10 people were taken to hospital," one resident, Inayatullah Khan, said. | "The blast shook the entire area, about 10 people were taken to hospital," one resident, Inayatullah Khan, said. |
| It was not clear who fired the missiles. | |
| US forces, operating in neighbouring Afghanistan, have been blamed for previous strikes in Pakistan's border region. | |
| In February, at least 12 people - including suspected militants - were killed in a missile attack on a house near the Afghan border. | |
| A month earlier, a senior al-Qaeda leader, Abu Laith al-Libi, was killed in an strike in North Waziristan. |