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Peshawar: A US drone fired missiles in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region near afghan border, killing at least eight people, sources said on Thursday.

The sources said that the ummanned aircraft attacked a seminary in Buland Khail area of Upper Orakzai. Media reports said the attack was carried out on a seminary of Maulvi Shakirullah of Haqqani Network.

Three houses adjacent to the Seminary were also damaged in the drone strike, the media reports added.

They said the drone fired at least four missiles in the area. Panic gripped the residents of the area following the strike. The identities of those who killed were yet to be known.

 
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