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US drone kills two on motorbike in Pakistan

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A US drone on Thursday killed two men riding a motorbike in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, officials said, the first such attack in the country under the administration of new American President Donald Trump, reports AFP.
Drone strikes are extremely unpopular among many Pakistanis because they are seen as a violation of the country's sovereignty, although leaked documents have shown that Islamabad and Washington have secretly colluded over some cases in the past.
The attack occurred in the Sara Khwa area of Kurram, one of seven so-called tribal districts that lie along the border with Afghanistan, where Pakistan has been battling a homegrown Islamist insurgency for more than a decade and a half.
Requesting anonymity, a local government official described the two men who were killed as "militants" but said their identity could not immediately be confirmed.
A second official confirmed the strike and the casualties.
"The drone came from Afghanistan and returned after firing two missiles on the motorbike," he said.

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