A US drone strike in Pakistan killed 5 militants, a government official said on Wednesday.
The US drone strike hit a house used by militants, near the Afghan border, as the Pakistani military intensified their own airstrikes in an offensive against Taliban militants.
The Pakistani government condemned the US strike as an infringement of Pakistani sovereignty.
“The Government of Pakistan condemns the drone strike that took place in the early hours of Wednesday, 26 November 2014 at Garga, north Shawal in North Wziristan Agency,” the government said in a statement.
Though Pakistan protests drone strikes, many say that the military has given its tacit acceptance of the US strikes, Reuters said.
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