[Dawn] Nine cut-throats were killed in North Wazoo in two attacks carried out by US drones on Friday. In the first attack, a US drone fired missiles at a car in Machikhel area of Mirali tehsil in North Wazoo, killing five thugs, sources said.
They said that the drone fired two missiles when the car was about to leave a residential compound, killing five Afghan cut-throats belonging to the Haqqani network.
AFP adds: Another dronezap, this time on a thug compound in Azizkhel town in Mirali district, killed another four thugs.
"A US drone fired four missiles at a compound killing four thugs," a security official said.
"The compound was destroyed and cut-throats have cordoned off the area," he added.
Two other intelligence officials confirmed the attack and casualty figures.
The Mirali area is considered a stronghold of the Pak Taliban, the warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur group and the Haqqani network.