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| Three people have died in a suspected US missile strike in north-western Pakistan, say local security officials. | |
| The attack targeted Taleban militants in the South Waziristan tribal region, close to the Afghan border, they said. | |
| Five people were also reportedly injured in the attack in an area said to be the base of top Pakistani militant Baitullah Mehsud. | |
| It comes a day after a suicide car bomber killed 27 people in an attack on a police checkpoint in the north-west. | |
| The Pakistani Taleban claimed responsibility for the blast near the town of Hangu. | |
| The US - which has been blamed for a number of attacks along Pakistan's border areas recently - has not confirmed Sunday's strike. | |
| "It was a drone attack," local administration official Shahab Ali Shah told AFP news agency. | |
| South Waziristan is a haven for Taleban and al-Qaeda fighters who enter Afghanistan to fight US and Nato forces, say correspondents. | |
| Washington says it acts only when it has clear intelligence on the whereabouts of a known militant and that the strikes help prevent terrorist attacks. | |
| But Pakistanis complain that civilians are often killed and that the strikes are a violation of their sovereignty. |