<p>The drone fired two missiles at a home in Azam Warsak area of South Waziristan Agency, officials said. Five suspected Taliban rebels were killed and seven injured in the attack.<br />Details of those killed and injured were not immediately available.<br /><br />Local residents said drones continued hovering over the area after the missile strike.<br /><br />This was the first drone strike in Pakistan's tribal belt since February 24, when four suspected militants were killed by a pilotless plane in the restive North Waziristan Agency.<br /><br />The CIA resumed drone strikes in the tribal belt in February after a lull of almost a month in the wake of the arrest of suspected security contractor Raymond Davis in Lahore.<br /><br />There has been speculation that the US had put drone strikes on hold to curb rising anti-American sentiments in Pakistan as it worked for the release of Davis.<br /><br />Davis was arrested in Lahore on January 27 after he shot and killed two armed men.<br />The last strike before Davis' arrest was carried out on January 23.</p>
<p>The drone fired two missiles at a home in Azam Warsak area of South Waziristan Agency, officials said. Five suspected Taliban rebels were killed and seven injured in the attack.<br />Details of those killed and injured were not immediately available.<br /><br />Local residents said drones continued hovering over the area after the missile strike.<br /><br />This was the first drone strike in Pakistan's tribal belt since February 24, when four suspected militants were killed by a pilotless plane in the restive North Waziristan Agency.<br /><br />The CIA resumed drone strikes in the tribal belt in February after a lull of almost a month in the wake of the arrest of suspected security contractor Raymond Davis in Lahore.<br /><br />There has been speculation that the US had put drone strikes on hold to curb rising anti-American sentiments in Pakistan as it worked for the release of Davis.<br /><br />Davis was arrested in Lahore on January 27 after he shot and killed two armed men.<br />The last strike before Davis' arrest was carried out on January 23.</p>