MIRAMSHAH, Feb 24 A US drone attacked a compound in the Dandy Derpakhel area of North Waziristan on Wednesday, killing eight suspected militants and injuring six others.

According to sources, the unmanned plane fired three missiles, one of which hit a parked vehicle. The compound and the car were completely destroyed.

An official said that militants surrounded the place after the attack and took away the bodies and the injured. He said that some people from Punjab were among the dead.

According to Reuters, the strike targeted a stronghold of the Haqqani network, a major Taliban faction attacking western forces across the border in Afghanistan. A similar strike last week in the same area killed a son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the leader of the group.

Meanwhile, three bodies were found near Khaisur village of Mirali tehsil. It is learnt that the Taliban slaughtered the three men, two Afghan nationals and a local tribesman, after accusing them of spying for US forces.