(Previous Incident Code: Ob136 )

Four suspected militants were reportedly killed in an alleged US led drone attack on a house or compound possibly linked to militant commander Maulvi Nazir, local media reported.

A number of named alleged militants were reportedly killed at this time though not specifically in this strike.

Saudi Arabian Abu Abdur Rehman Najdi, a senior al Qaeda figure, was reportedly killed in late September. Two other senior al Qaeda operatives, Abu Sahl al Masri and Abu Hafs al Masri, who had been released from prison in Iraq were also reportedly killed in a drone strike at this time. al Qaeda linked militant Abdullah Ukashah (aka Rasool), was killed reportedly killed along with his local facilitator Rab Nawaz in the same report though it gave no date for the strike.

There were no details of civilian harm.