President Obama: "They have been very precise, precision strikes against al-Qaeda and their affiliates"
US President Barack Obama has confirmed that unmanned drones regularly strike suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Mr Obama called the strikes a "targeted focused effort at people who are on a list of active terrorists".The US does not routinely speak publicly about drone operations.
Mr Obama made his comments during an hour-long video "hangout" on Google's social network, Google+, which was also streamed live on YouTube.
More than 130,000 questions were submitted before the hangout began, and six people were invited to join the president online for the event. They were able to ask questions and seek follow-up answers from Mr Obama.
The event ended a week of social media engagement in the wake of Mr Obama's State of the Union address on 24 January.
Obama administration officials, including Vice-President Joe Biden, held Twitter "office hours" last week.
Covert war Asked about the use of drone strikes, which have increased in intensity during his presidency, he said "a lot of these strikes have been in the Fata", or Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
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