A US drone aircraft has fired missiles in Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, killing at least 15 alleged militants.
The US has stepped up pilotless drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal regions since a 30 December suicide bombing killed seven CIA employees at a US base in neighbouring Afghanistan.
‘Now the death toll is 15. It could rise further. People are still busy removing rubble,’ a senior security official in Pakistan said.
The drone strikes are a source of friction between the US and Pakistan, which says they are a violation of its sovereignty.
US officials say the missile strikes are carried out under an agreement with Islamabad that allows Pakistani leaders to decry the attacks in public. Islamabad denies this.
