MIRANSHAH, Pakistan:A US drone attack killed eight people and injured two others in Machi Khel area of North Waziristan on Friday.
It couldn’t be confirmed that the dead were militants or civilians. Death toll is feared to increase. Two missiles were fired in the attack however target has not been disclosed yet. Three drones are still hovering over the area while local militants have sealed the ways.
Earlier, a US drone had killed four in Norak area.

KABUL: A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan.

Several children were among those wounded in the morning explosion, said a doctor at the hospital in Farah city.

Afghan police shouted “Stop! Stop!” at the motorcyclist before he detonated the explosives, provincial police chief Gen. Mohammad Faqir Askar said.

Provincial governor Rohul Amin said the deadly blast occurred about 50 meters (55 yards) from his compound in a crowded square in the city of Farah.

Also on Friday, three civilians were wounded in a roadside bomb in Khost province, according to Wazir Pacha, deputy police chief of Khost.