US drone attack kills 5 militants in Pakistan

A US drone aircraft fired a missile into a militant compound in the Pakistani region of North Waziristan on the Afghan border, killing five militants, security officials said on Saturday.

The United States has stepped up drone strikes on sanctuaries for al Qaeda and Taliban militants on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border since a bomb attack on US intelligence agents across the border in Afghanistan's Khost province on Dec. 30. (Reuters)