NEW YORK: The Musharraf regime has given "tacit" approval to the US attacks by pilotless planes on al Qaeda targets along Pakistan`s restive border area

As per the reports since January missiles fired from CIA operated Predator drones have hit at least three suspected hideouts of Islamic militants, including a strike on March 16 in Toog village in South Waziristan that left 20 dead.

Some news reports had said at the time that President Pervez Musharraf had "rebuffed" US proposals to step up combat operations inside Pakistan.