At least eight people have been killed and five others injured in a U.S.-led drone strike in Tal area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The drone fired three missiles targeting a seminary near Degree College in Tehsil Tal of the Hangu district and continued to hover above the area even after the incident, Dawn News reports.
Three teachers and five pupils of the seminary were among those killed in the attack and the teachers were identified as Abdul Rehman, Maulvi Ahmed Jan and Mufti Hamidullah Haqqanni, the report added.
According to some sources, the clerics of the seminary were believed to be affiliates of the Taliban's Haqqani Network.
The attack came a day after Foreign Affairs and National Security advisor Sartaj Aziz said that the United States had assured Pakistan of not conducting drone strikes during the peace dialogue between the Taliban and the government.
