PESHAWAR: A US drone strike Saturday killed four militants in Pakistan`s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said.

The strike hit Shahidano village in Kurram tribal district, 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of Peshawar.

"Four militants have been killed in this drone attack," a security official in Peshawar told AFP by telephone.

Another security official in Peshawar said the US drone fired four missiles, hitting two vehicles near a house.

"All those killed were militants of Tehreek-e-Taliban," the official said.

BDST: 0945 HRS, August 28, 2010