Via LWJ:

The US targeted the Haqqani Network, a Taliban subgroup that is closely tied to al Qaeda, in the first strike in Pakistan in more than three weeks.

The CIA-operated, remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers four missiles at a compound in the village of Danday Darpa Khel near Miramshah in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, The Associated Press reported.

Pakistani officials told the news agency that four Haqqani network members were killed and two more were wounded. The target of the strike has not been disclosed, and not senior Haqqani, Taliban, or al Qaeda commanders are been reported to have been killed at this time.

Danday Darpa Khel is a known hub of the Haqqani Network. Two of the group’s top leaders have been killed in US drone strikes in the village over the past several years. On Oct. 13, 2011, a strike killed Jan Baz Zadran, a top-level coordinator for the Haqqani Network who has been described as the organization’s third in command. Jan Baz was a key deputy to Sirajuddin Haqqani, the operational commander of the terror network.