At least 18 people have been killed in yet another US assassination drone campaign in northwest Pakistan, Press TV reports.Officials and local sources told Press TV that a US drone fired four missiles at a house in Jandola area of South Waziristan Agency on Wednesday, killing 18 people and injuring several others.
The building was completely destroyed in the attack, they added.
After the aerial attack, the drone was flying over the area, causing panic among people.
The United States has deployed its assassination drones to launch airstrikes inside Pakistan's tribal belt.
Relations between Islamabad and Washington have soured over the unauthorized attacks. Pakistan insists that the airstrikes by the remotely controlled, unmanned aircraft violate its sovereignty.
Washington claims its drone strikes target militants, although casualty figures indicate that the aerial bombings have led to the loss of hundreds of Pakistani civilians.
Rights activists have condemned the US assassination drone strikes as extra-judicial assassinations against civilians, deemed anti-American by US authorities.