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Islamabad: At least six people were killed when missiles hit a religious school in a village just inside Pakistan's border with Afghanistan on Monday, officials and state media said.
The attack took place near Azam Warsak village in the South Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border, a region known as a safe haven for Al Qaida militants.
No military spokesmen were immediately available for comment.
There was no claim of responsibility, but the incident follows a series of strikes from unmanned US aircraft in recent months against militant leaders holed up in Pakistan's wild tribal belt.
Two Pakistani intelligence officials told The Associated Press that the missiles hit an Islamic school in the village.
One official based in Tank, a town near South Waziristan, said initial reports indicated that the six dead included three children and three adults.
He said militants, including foreigners, were active in the area, but he didn't know if they had been in the school at the time.
The Pakistan army spokesman was not available for comment.
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