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CIA drones killed at least four and as many as five people in the second consecutive drone strike on South Waziristan.

Sources told Reuters all the dead and injured were ethnic Uzbeks. At least one of the dead was reportedly an Uzbek, described as a senior leader. A Pakistani intelligence sources saying the attack targeted “a centre run by Uzbek rebels”. A house was hit in the attack. According to one source, a vehicle was hit too.

The attack hit the Shawal valley. The area straddles the South and North Waziristan border and is an area with reportedly a high concentration of armed groups and fighters.

A strike a week earlier killed at least two near Wana, the capital of South Waziristan – the first strike in the tribal agency for more than a year.