A suspected U.S. drone fired missiles today into a Pakistani region on the Afghan border, killing up to 20 militants, officials said, and as many as 30 people were killed in a battle between tribesmen and Taliban fighters elsewhere.
"Two missiles were fired. They hit two houses in Shakai," said a Pakistani intelligence official, referring to an area in South Waziristan that is a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mahsud. The Pentagon said it had no information on a drone strike.
