SUSPECTED American drones have fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near the Afghan border, killing nine Pakistani Taliban fighters, intelligence officials say.
The strikes targeted the group's hideouts in the South Waziristan tribal region, the three officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to the media.
The identity of the killed militants was not immediately known yet, but two important commanders of the Pakistani Taliban may be among them, they said.
It was the third suspected US drone strike in five days. A strike late Wednesday night killed a top Pakistani militant commander, Maulvi Nazir, whose fighters focus on attacks against US and allied NATO troops in Afghanistan.
It was followed close on by another attack on Thursday.
Islamabad opposes the use of US drones on its territory, but is believed to have tacitly approval some strikes in the past.
Washington wants Pakistan to launch a military operation in North Waziristan, but Islamabad had been refusing to do so, saying it does not have enough troops and resources to do that.
In absence of such an operation, the US relies more on drone strikes to take out militants.
The program has killed a number of top militant commanders including Abu Yahya al-Libi, who was al-Qaeda's No. 2 when he was killed in a June strike.
The death of Nazir was likely to be seen in Washington as affirmation of the necessity of its controversial drone program.
But it could also cause more friction in already tense relations with Pakistan because Nazir did not focus on Pakistani targets. Nazir was believed to have a nonaggression pact with the Pakistani army.
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