suspected u.s. drone targets islamic seminary in pakistan.

A suspected U.S. drone fired missiles on an Islamic seminary in Pakistan's northwestern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa early on Thursday (November 21), killing at least five people.

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According to police reports, unmanned predator drone fired three rockets at the madrassa in the Hangu district, killing two teachers and three students just before sunrise on Thursday.

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Injured were shifted to nearby hospital for treatment.

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The identities of those killed on Thursday were not immediately clear.

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A Day earlier, Pakistan's foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz was quoted as saying that the United States had promised not to conduct drone strikes while the government tries to engage the Taliban in peace talks.

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Most drone strikes occur in the lawless North Waziristan region where Taliban insurgents are holed up, and are rare in densely populated places like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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The previous drone strike in Pakistan killed Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in the militant stronghold of Miranshah in northwest Pakistan.

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However it is first drone strike, suspected by united states, in district Hungu.

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Pakistan publicly opposes U.S. drone strikes, saying they kill too many civilians and violate its sovereignty.