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US missiles kill three

A suspected US missile strike killed three Pakistan militants close to the Afghan border on Friday, officials and witnesses said, the latest in a barrage of such attacks in the Al-Qaeda and Taliban stronghold.

The attack in South Waziristan was the second in as many days in the region. Two intelligence officials said at least three unidentified Pakistan militants were killed in the strike and two others were wounded. Shop owner Ameer Mohammed Khan said Taliban surrounded the area after the attack and shifted the dead and the injured to an undisclosed location.