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At least 14 people have been killed in an attack by suspected US drone aircraft in Pakistan's North Waziristan region.
Up to 18 missiles were fired at targets in Dattakhel village, close to the border with Afghanistan, security officials said on Tuesday morning.
It was the third drone attack since US officials said Taliban from the region were behind a failed bombing in New York's Times Square on May 1.
The drones attacked a nearby compound used by fighters, firing about 12 missiles into it.
Identities unclear
Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder, reporting from the capital, Islamabad, said the attack lasted for up 20-25 minutes.
"According to reports from the area, up to 18 missiles were fired against targets on the ground. These were encampments and vehicles."
There was no word on the identity of any of the fighters killed but the attack was in an area where members of an Afghan Taliban faction led by a commander known as Gul Bahadur operate.
Last week, officials said that the US intelligence agency had been granted approval by the government to expand drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal regions in a move to step up military operations against Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters.
Targets would now include low-level combatants, even if their identities were not known.
Last month, Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban who was previously thought killed by a missile from a drone, appeared in internet videos threatening attacks in the US.
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Protesters from the Pakistani region of Waziristan stage a protest near the country's parliament in Islamabad.
Al-Jazeera
