Pakistan Taliban chief escapes drone attack

 Highly placed intelligence sources had told Dawn.com that the unmanned aircraft fired four missiles on a compound in Nazyan village in southeastern Afghanistan Mondaynight, killing at least five Pakistani and Afghan militants near the Pak-Afghan border.

Sources said intelligence reports suggested Mullah Fazllulah had been in the area near the zero-line for over a day. The strike was aimed at targeting the militant chief but he narrowly escaped, they told the Pakistani newspaper.

The identities of the militants, who were killed in the attack, hve notr be ascertained so far.