The United States on Thursday stepped up its campaign targeting Al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan's restive northwestern tribal region as missiles from CIA-operated drones killed eights suspected insurgents.
Al Qaeda's chief in Pakistan, who once fought in Jammu and Kashmir, was among four terrorists killed in a United States drone attack in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region on Thursday.
Stepping up a campaign against militants holed up in Pakistan's tribal areas, a United States drone on Thursday fired two missiles on a house in North Waziristan, killing six suspected insurgents, officials said.
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