Activists of civil society Fundamental Rights Commission chant slogans behind a burning U.S. flag during a rally to condemn the U.S. missile strikes in Pakistani tribal areas Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, in Hyderabad, Pakistan. The Taliban are unusually angry about the latest suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, indicating that a top militant may have died, officials and residents said Sunday as the death toll from the attack rose to 24.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) _ Rockets landed near a family home of a top politician in Pakistan's northwest Sunday, while elsewhere in the volatile region Taliban anger over a suspected U.S. missile strike indicated a top militant may have been killed, officials said.



The two rockets damaged three homes Sunday in the town of Mardan but missed that of provincial chief minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti's family. No one was hurt, officials said.



Several politicians in the North West Frontier Province have been targeted by insurgents. Hoti was in the nearby provincial capital, Peshawar, at the time of the attack, according to the province's information minister.



"The situation is very complex," said the minister, Mian Iftikhar Hussain. "We expect more such incidents. They are not going to be stopped here. We are facing a war-like situation.