(Previous Incident Code: T003 )

Reports surfaced of a US drone strike in Pakistan’s North Waziristan in the afternoon of May 24th, killing two or three members of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP) . The strike has not been confirmed by the CIA, the spoke persons for Resolute Support or the US Central Command. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm.

The alleged strike hit a compound at 12pm local time, according to a statement from the Pakistan Taliban (TTP), described as a military compound by The Nation. “Official sources” told The News International that the strike hit a house.

According to aa.com, “In a statement, the TTP — a consortium of several Pakistani Taliban groups — said the American drone struck a compound in North Waziristan at around 12 p.m. (0700 GMT), killing two, including Abdullah Kashmiri, a little-known commander of the group.”

The TTP later announced the deaths of two followers of its emir for North Waziristan, commander Akhtar Muhammad Khalil. One of the men was known as Abdullah, described by the group as “a great master in electronics.”

The Nation, Dawn and News International said three fighters had been killed, and also identified one as Abdullah Kashmiri.

Kamran Afridi, an official in the Pakistani border town of Miran Shah, told AP that a strike hit a compound and killed three TTP members, but said it hit just across the border in the village of Gurowek in Afghanistan’s Khost province.