MIRAMSHAH, Dec 15: A missile strike by US forces killed at least two militants and injured three othersin North Waziristan on Monday, an official said.

“A missile fired by US forces killed two people outside the town of Miramshah in North Waziristan tribal district,” a security official told AFP.

Three other people were injured in the strike and it was not immediately clear if the missile was fired from a drone or by US forces deployed across the border in Afghanistan, he added.