According to the report, two missiles were fired by U. S. drones at a quarters suspected of being a militants' hideout in the Darai Nashtar area north of Waziristan.

Four U.S. drones were seen airborne over the area following the attack. Rescue teams were deferred due to fear of additional strikes by the U.S. drones. Identities of the sufferers in the attack are not known immediately.

On the contrary, a security official from Peshawar told, "A US drone fired two missiles at the compound. At least six militants have been killed. The death toll may rise". Two security officials in Miranshah confirmed the strike and death toll and added that militants were using the compound as a training centre. Saturday's U.S. drone strike is the 12th of its kind in Pakistan since this year.

Up to date, at least 93 people have allegedly been killed in such strikes in 2012. According to a tally, 45 US missile strikes were reported in Pakistan's tribal belt in 2009, the year Obama took office, 101 in 2010 and 64 in 2011. The New America Foundation think-tank in Washington says drone strikes have killed between 1,715 and 2,680 people in Pakistan in the past eight years.