Local security officials said unmanned US aircraft struck a vehicle and compound in Pakistan tribal belt.

US drone strikes killed at least 15 people on Monday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, local officials said.


Local security officials said unmanned US aircraft struck a vehicle and compound in Mir Ali village, 25 kilometers east of Miranshah, the tribal district's main town.
The identities of the dead were not immediately clear, but officials believed that most of them were Pakistani.


"According to initial reports a compound was hit, but later on it was confirmed that a vehicle was also hit," said a Pakistani security official in Peshawar, the administrative capital of the northwest.
"Both the targets were in Mir Ali and hit almost back to back. We have reports of 18 militants death, but can confirm only 15 at the moment," he said.


Intelligence officials in Miranshah put the death toll as high as 21 and said that two vehicles were destroyed by four missiles fired from US drones.