US drone strike kills 15 in North Waziristan: Officials

The strike, the third in three days, targeted a militant hideout Mir Ali sub-division, North Waziristan.

MIRANSHAH: At least 15 militants were killed on Monday when a US drone fired four missiles on a militant compound in Mir Ali sub-division, North Waziristan, security officials said.

A security official said that the compound was targeted in the Esokhel area of Mir Ali and that locals along with foreign militants were killed. “I don’t know how many foreign militants were killed but we are sure that foreigners were among the dead,” said an official of the security force.

According to a tribesman who was an eyewitness, the compound was razed to the ground after the attack. “I didn’t go near the house, as I avoid going near places where drone strikes take place,” he added.

He added that soon after the attack, local militants surrounded the area and started rescue work by pulling out the bodies from the debris and shifted them to an undisclosed location.

It was third strike in consecutive three days in the region.