Five Taliban militants killed in US drone attack in Pak

In this file photo, Rashid Rauf is escorted by Pakistani police officers, unseen, to appear in court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. There were unconfirmed reports on November 22, 2008, that Rauf, a British suspect in a foiled plot to down trans-Atlantic jetliners who escaped from Pakistani custody in 2007, was killed along with other foreign militants by a suspected U.S. missile strike in the Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region. AP.

A US drone today fired missile at a militant hideout in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan, killing at least five Taliban fighters.

The unmanned spy plane fired one missile hitting a militant compound at Inzar Kalay, 30 km east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan Agency, security sources said.

An initial report said five Taliban fighters were killed in the attack though the sources said the death toll might rise as more people were feared to be buried under the rubble of the house which collapsed.