US drone strikes in Pak claim 21 lives

US drone strikes in Pakistan with the fresh strike on Friday claiming at least 21 lives in the north west tribal region.

The first drone fired two missiles around 9 pm at a house suspected to be a militant hideout in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, according to Urdu TV channel Dunya. Five militants were killed in the attack.

Dunya News said the second attack took place when rescue activities were going on in the area.

The identities of those killed were not known.

Going by local media reports, at least 16 people were killed in a second US drone strike in the same area.

ARY News said six missiles were fired at the house in Datta Khel, east of Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan, near the Afghan border.

It put the toll at 22, saying four people were killed in the first drone strike and 18 in the second attack.