Two US drone strikes targeting a compound and a vehicle in tribal district of North Waziristan killed at least nine militants on Monday, officials said.
Both the attacks took place in Mir Ali town, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Miranshah, a stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants and the main town in North Waziristan tribal district beside the Afghan border.
Two US drones fired two missiles into a militant compound, and minutes later a second drone fired another two missiles at a vehicle close to the compound, officials said.
“At least seven militants were killed in both the US drone strikes. The vehicle was completely burnt and the compound was also destroyed,” a security official in Miranshah told AFP.
A second security official in Peshawar confirmed both the drone strikes and the casualties.
