MIRANSHAH, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least five suspected militants were killed on early Monday morning when a U.S. drone carried out a missile strike in northwest Pakistan, officials said.

The U.S. drone carried out the missile strike in the country's North Waziristan where drone attacks are frequently carried out. Officials in the area, who did not want to be named, said at least five and possibly six suspected militants had been killed in the attack.

Monday's attack targeted a home in the Hyder Khel village of Mir Ali district in North Waziristan, which is several miles (kilometers) east of Miranshah.

There were no immediate reports of civilian casualties as a result of the U.S. drone attack. Similar attacks are frequently carried out by the United States to combat militants in the region, although the Pakistani government is against them.

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