Peshawar: Two suspected American missile strikes killed 12 alleged militants in a northwestern Pakistan tribal region on Saturday, intelligence officials said.
The Pakistani Taliban, meanwhile, claimed responsibility for an attack on Nato oil tankers in Pakistan's south, saying they were avenging the killing of three Pakistani border guards by NATO helicopters.
In apparent retaliation for the killings, Pakistan has cut off a key US and Nato supply line on its soil.
Four suspected US missiles struck a house on Saturday morning in Datta Khel village in the North Waziristan tribal region, killing eight suspected militants, the Pakistani intelligence officials said.
Four other missiles hit a different house in the area later Saturday, killing four more suspected insurgents, they said.
Datta Khel is believed to be a hide-out for Taliban and Al Qaida fighters accused of targeting Nato and US forces in Afghanistan. Those killed on Saturday were believed to be insurgents working for warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur.
