Drone strike kills 4 militants in Pakistan

A US drone attack killed four insurgents on Wednesday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, known as a hotbed of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, security officials said. There has been a dramatic increase in US drone strikes in Pakistan since a NATO summit in Chicago ended last month without a deal to end a six-month blockade on NATO supplies crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan. A drone attack killed 15 militants in North Waziristan on June 4. The dead included senior Al-Qaeda figure Abu Yahya al-Libi, according to US officials. It was not immediately known if there were any high-value targets killed in the latest strike on a vehicle, which again took place in North Waziristan. The vehicle was hit in Isha village, about 10 kilometres east of Miranshah. Miranshah is the main town in North Waziristan.