MIRAMSHAH, Feb 17 A US drone fired two missiles at a residential compound in Ghulam Khan area on Wednesday, killing four militants.

Local people said the drone fired two missiles at the house of Sakhi Badshah, a Taliban commander, in Tabbi Tolkhel village near the border at 8am, killing the insurgents and wounding another three.

Sakhi Badshah was killed two years ago by Nato troops in Afghanistan.

His younger brother Sher Badshah was recently arrested by the army.

Agencies add The attack was the third since Sunday in North Waziristan. A local administration official confirmed that four militants had been killed.

The house was used a guesthouse for visiting Taliban militants operating across the border in Afghanistan, another security official said.

The CIA has targeted homes vehicles and Taliban hideouts in North and South Waziristan since December when a bomber killed seven of its employees in Afghanistan.