US drones are the planes which fire missiles on the targetted places. Couple of days back, US drone was operating in Pakistan. It fired a missile which has killed at least 10 people over there. Even civilians are suspected to be among the dead, as per eye witness accounts.

The missile seems to hav hit a house in Orakzai tribal area. Local journalists say that the house had been converted into a Taleban camp. The Taleban have cordoned off the entire area, they said.

Pakistan has been critical of such strikes. It says civilians are often killed. The killing of civilians also increases support for militants.

On Tuesday, the leader of Pakistan’s Taleban Baitullah Mehsud claimed responsibility for Monday’s deadly attack on a police academy in Lahore saying it was in retaliation against US drone attacks.

He said the attacks would continue “until the Pakistan government stops supporting the Americans”.
Correspondents say that more than 35 US drone strikes have killed more than 340 people in Pakistan since August 2008, shortly before the election of President Asif Ali Zardari.