By NBC's Mushtaq Yusufzai and msnbc.com news services
Updated at 8:50 am ET: PESHAWAR, Pakistan --?A U.S. drone aircraft killed eight suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, security officials said.?
A drone missile struck a house in the Shawal Valley where militants were reported to be hiding in the North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border.?
"Two missiles were fired on a house. Eight militants were killed," said a local intelligence official.
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"The area is considered a stronghold of local and foreign militants, but it is not clear at the moment who were killed in the latest drone strike," said a security official in Miranshah, North Waziristan.
The Taliban in North Waziristan had banned an anti-polio immunisation campaign in protest over U.S. drone strikes, which they claim are killing civilians.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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