A missile fired from a drone killed four people, including a Yemeni fighter linked to al Qaeda, when it hit their car in South Waziristan on Saturday evening, intelligence and tribal sources said. The strike at Sheen Warsak village followed another drone attack in the same area two days earlier. A Yemeni fighter called Abdul Rehman, allied to al Qaeda, was among the dead, government and intelligence sources said.

It is difficult for journalists to verify the casualties from drone strikes since the government forbids foreign journalists from travelling to the area without a military escort and the Taliban often seal off the sites of strikes.

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