NWA drone attack kills four

MIRANSHAH: At least four people were reportedly killed in surveillance plane attack in North Waziristan Agency area near Miranshah, Geo News reported Saturday.

The US pilotless planes attacked at a vehicle with at least two missiles, reportedly killing four people on the spot.

Two missiles fired by a US drone hit Ahmad Khel village, some 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan region, local security officials said.

"It was a US drone attack, one missile hit a house and another hit a vehicle. We have reports that four militants were killed," an intelligence official in Miranshah said while talking to a French news agency.

A second intelligence official in the town confirmed the attack and the death toll, while a security official in Peshawar said two drones fired four missiles, hitting a vehicle and killing three militants.

Officials in Miranshah and Peshawar said they are trying to find out the identities of those killed and whether there was a so-called 'high value' target among the dead.

The Geo News correspondent reported from the attack site that deceased of the US airstrike seemed to be ordinary citizens, not terrorists.

More than 220 people have been killed in over 40 strikes since September 3, heightening tensions with Islamabad over reported US criticism of Pakistan's failure so far to launch a ground offensive in North Waziristan.