MIRAMSHAH, Oct 31: A US drone strike on Monday killed three militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, officials said.

The drone fired two missiles into a moving vehicle as it drove through a village near Mubarak Shah town about 15km east of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan district, security officials said.

“Three militants have been killed in the attack,” one official said.

“The vehicle was moving. There are reports that four militants were killed in the strike but we are verifying the death of the fourth militant. We have confirmed the death of three others.”

The identities of the dead were not clear.

Around 2,000 people staged a demonstration outside the Parliament House in Islamabad on Friday to demand an end to US drone strikes, saying they kill more innocent civilians than militants.—AFP