Suspected US missile strikes kill eight in Pakistan

Suspected US missile strikes pounded the hide-outs of a Taliban commander in north-western Pakistan today, killing at least eight people, government officials said.

Shahab Ali Shah, the top administrative official in the South Waziristan tribal area along the Afghanistan border, said the missiles hit close to the villages of Gharlamai and Nandaran, about six miles west of the Wana bazaar area.