Pakistan says suspected US drone strike kills five people on Afghan border

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Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected US drone strike killed five people in the tribal region near the Afghan border on Sunday.

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said two missiles hit the Shawal area of North Waziristan on Sunday evening when the men were crossing on foot into Pakistani territory from Afghanistan. They said the men have not been identified.

Sunday's raid took place in North Waziristan, home to a mix of Pakistani, Afghan and al-Qaida-linked foreign militants.

The US drone program is a source of extreme tension between the Washington and Islamabad. The US government says it needs to send drones after dangerous militants because the Pakistani government refuses to engage them militarily. Pakistan charges that the drone strikes are a violation of its sovereignty.

The raid in Pakistan comes a day after suspected US drones killed four suspected Islamist militants in southern Yemen.

Local sources suggested that the targeted men were fighters believed to belong to Ansar al-Sharia, a Yemeni militant group linked to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), al-Qaida's regional arm.

They were travelling in a vehicle in Yemen's southern province of Abyan when two rockets were launched from drones, nearby residents said.

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