Fatal missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan

A SUSPECTED US missile strike killed at least six people, hours after the top US military officer told Pakistani leaders that America respected Pakistan’s sovereignty amid a frenzy over American strikes into Pakistan’s north-west.

Two Pakistani intelligence officials said several missiles hit a compound in the south Waziristan tribal region yesterday evening.

The officials said the target was a base for Taliban militants and Hezb-i-Islami, another group fighting US and government troops in neighbouring Afghanistan.