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U.S. drone strike kills Taliban chief in Pakistan

The network's top commander in the South Waziristan tribal area, Maulvi Nazir, was killed in January in a U.S. drone strike.

Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif declares end to secret approval of U.S. drone strikes

But stopping U.S. drone strikes, which he and other Pakistani politicians have characterized as a violation of their country's sovereignty, seems hardly certain.

Pakistan officials say US drone strike kills 7

The country's new Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has lashed out against the U.S. drone program and called for an end to it.

Kerry defends US drone policy after Pakistan hit

Secretary of State John Kerry is defending U.S. drone strikes after the CIA's killing of a senior Taliban member.

Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone

Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail.

Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen succumbs to wounds

Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen died of wounds sustained in a U.S. drone attack last year in southern Yemen, the country's official news agency and a security official said Thursday.

Bomb, drone attack kill 17 people in Pakistan

A bomb targeting paramilitary soldiers killed 12 people in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, while five suspected militants died in a U.S. drone strike in the country's northwest, officials said.

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It's the third suspected U.S. drone strike in less than a week in Yemen.