BANNU, Pakistan—A missile strike on a house in the North Waziristan region of northwest Pakistan killed 10 suspected militants, a security official said on Tuesday.
"Ten militants were killed when a missile hit a house in Torkhali," an intelligence official who declined to be identified said of the late Monday blast. Torkhali is a village near the town of Mir Ali.
Military spokesmen were not immediately available for comment.
Residents of the area said at least two drones had been flying over the area on Monday night but it was not clear if the missile had been fired from one of them.
Militants were not allowing anyone to approach the house on Tuesday, said one resident, Fida Wazir.
U.S. forces in neighbouring Afghanistan have fired missiles at militants on the Pakistani side of the border several times in recent years.
Neither U.S. nor Pakistani authorities officially confirm U.S. missile attacks on Pakistani territory, which would be a compromise of Pakistani sovereignty.
Pakistan, an important U.S. ally despite widespread public opposition to the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism, says foreign troops would never be allowed to operate on its territory.
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