By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent
US drone strikes have killed ten suspected Taliban militants in North West Pakistan according to security officials in the country.
Reports say that several missiles were fired into three hideouts close to the border with Afghanistan.
The targets were near Babar Ghar village in the South Waziristan region known to be a stronghold for militants.
The intelligence sources revealed that the dead were suspected members of the Punjabi Taliban, a group that maintains close links with al Qaeda.
The names and identities of those killed have not been released but two Taliban commanders are thought to among the dead and it is possible the death toll might rise.
The strike follows the killing of Mullah Nazir, a known militant leader, who was killed by a drone strike in the same area last weekearlier this week.
Nazir had previously supported attacks on International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan - thousands of people have protested against his death.
Drone strikes have increased considerably under Barack Obama's presidency. Exact figures relating to strikes and people killed are hard to verify.
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