Two US missile attacks in Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt on Saturday killed at least 11 and destroyed a Taliban compound, local officials said.
The attacks took place in Mandi Khel, 25 kilometres (15 miles) north of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal agency along the Afghan border and a known hub of the al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network.
The organisation, created by Afghan warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, fights foreign troops in Afghanistan from bases in North Waziristan.
Seven were killed in the first attack when US drones fired four missiles and destroyed a car and a compound, officials said.