US missile strike kills nine in North Waziristan

US missile strike kills nine in North Waziristan: "US missile strike kills nine in North Waziristan
Updated at: 2315 PST, Thursday, October 09, 2008
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A suspected US missile strike on a house in tribal area-bordering Afghanistan killed nine people including six foreign militants on Thursday, security officials said.

Two missiles hit the building in Tati, a village in troubled North Waziristan district, an official based in the region told a foreign news agency on condition of anonymity.

The attack targeted the house of a local Taliban commander named Hafiz Sahar Gul, another security official based in Islamabad said.

'The missile attack killed three of Gul's family members and six foreign guests'.

There was no immediate confirmation from the Pakistani military or from the US-led coalition in Afghanistan.

The incident in the lawless district, a known haunt of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, is the latest in a string of attacks on Pakistani soil that have raised tensions between Islamabad and Washington.

Last week around 20 Al-Qaeda-linked militants, mostly foreign nationals, were killed in a suspected US missile strike in Mohammad Khel village in North Waziristan, Pakistani security officials said."