US DRONES fired a number of missiles, killing six Afghan fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network in Pakistan's tribal district of Kurram, security officials said.A first strike targeted a vehicle traveling through the Kharh Dhand area of Kurram, which borders Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktia.
Minutes later, two missiles slammed into a nearby compound, the Pakistani officials said.
"The second missile strike targeted a Taliban compound and killed three militants. They were Haqqani's men," a senior Pakistani security official said on condition of anonymity.
Three other militants were reported dead in the first strike.
"All those killed in both strikes were Afghan fighters and were Haqqani's men," the security official said.
US drone strikes routinely target Taliban and al Qaeda militants holed up in Pakistan's tribal belt, but the operations are normally concentrated on insurgent strongholds in Waziristan rather than Kurram, which lies 190 miles (306 kilometers) away.