US drone attack kills at least eight in South Waziristan

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The drone fired two missiles at a compound near Wana on the border with Afghanistan - File photo.

PESHAWAR: A suspected US drone aircraft fired missiles in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, Reuters quoted military and intelligence officials as saying.

‘It was a drone strike on a compound, where militants used to stay before crossing the border or after coming back from Afghanistan. Eight militants were killed,’ one Pakistani security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

A top security official said two missiles were fired killing seven to eight militants around 25 kilometres (16 miles) from Wana towards the Afghan border.

‘Foreigners and local Taliban were assembled there. It was a compound — like a house in the mountains,’ added the official.