The 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, killing fourteen people, including seven foreigners.
The US drone continued flying over the area after the attack, creating panic among the local residents, sources said.
The attack came just three days after a US drone strike that local officials have said likely killed a senior Al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri, one of the network's most feared operational leaders.
"A US drone targeting a compound near a religious seminary fired two missiles killing seven militants," a senior security official in the area, told.
The site of the latest attack was around 10 kilometres south of the
Ghwakhwa area where Kashmiri was likely killed.
Kashmiri has a US bounty of $5 million on his head and Pakistani officials said he was the target of Friday's drone strike, in which nine members of his banned group died.
The 47-year-old has been blamed for a string of high-profile attacks on Western targets, as well as in India and Pakistan.
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