Suspected US missile strike kills 20 in Pakistan

A suspected US missile strike by a drone aircraft flattened a militant hide-out in north-western Pakistan today, killing 20 local and foreign insurgents, intelligence officials said.

At least 15 more purported militants were wounded in the attack in South Waziristan, a militant stronghold near the Afghan border where al-Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri are believed to be hiding.