(Previous Incident Code: Ob364 )

Four people were reportedly killed in the first CIA drone strike in Pakistan for 25 days.

None of the dead were identified but they were thought to belong to the Sajna faction of the Pakistan Taliban. They died when two missiles reportedly flattened a building in the thickly forested valleys of the Shawal area.

Some sources reported the strike hit in South Waziristan. The Shawal area straddles the border between South and North Waziristan, and it crosses the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The attack reportedly hit before dawn, which was approximately 5.30am. This was around the same time or shortly before a strike at around 6am killed three people in Afghanistan’s Kunar province area.