US missile attacks kill nine in Pakistan

Suspected US drones fired missiles at vehicles and hit a militant hide-out in a tribal region of north-western Pakistan today, killing at least nine insurgents, two officials said.

In the first attack, the drones fired four missiles at a vehicle and flattened a nearby house near Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal region, killing six militants, an army and an intelligence official said.