Six killed in US strike on Pakistan

Six people were reportedly killed in a suspected US missile strike that hit a village well in Pakistan.

The attack was part of a surge of cross-border attacks in Pakistan’s militant-plagued north west in the last three months.

It indicated American willingness to pursue insurgents beyond Pakistan’s lawless tribal regions.

And it could heighten Pakistani-US tensions because it is the first to hit an area outside the semi-autonomous tribal belt.

Two missiles destroyed a house in Indi Khel village in Bannu district, which begins roughly 18 miles

from the border with Afghanistan.

Two Pakistani intelligence officials say their agents reported that militants from Central Asia were among six killed.