WANA: A US missile strike killed fourteen, including seven foreigners, in an attack targeting a compound in tribal region of South Waziristan Monday, local security officials said.

The first strike occurred in Shalam Raghzai, 10 kilometres northwest of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan in the early hours. A drone fired two missiles at a house in the mountains near Wana.

A second slammed two missiles into a compound in the Wacha Dana area, 12 kilometres northwest of Wana, officials said.

Officials said initial reports suggested that some foreign militants may have been killed in the first attack and that Taliban were targeted in the second strike, which came just 15 minutes later.

The first strike targeted a compound near a madrassa just south of the Ghwakhwa area, where senior Al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri, one of the network`s most feared operational leaders, was reportedly killed days earlier.

The US drone continued flying over the area after the attack, creating panic among the local residents, sources said.