BANNU: A US drone strike on Wednesday killed at least 13 people in a suspected militant compound in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt.

The attack came in North Waziristan, where for the past month the Pakistani military has been fighting to wipe out longstanding bases of Taleban and other militants.

Elsewhere in North Waziristan, air strikes in the Shawal Valley killed 35 militants, according to a statement from the military.