Pakistan Intel: 15 Dead in US Missile Strike

Pakistani intelligence officials say the death toll in an alleged U.S. missile strike in Pakistan's northwest has risen to 15.

The attack happened in the Bangi Dar village of North Waziristan, a tribal region that is a base for insurgents responsible for many of the attacks on U.S. and NATO forces just across the border in Afghanistan.

The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with the policy of the intelligence agency.

The identity of the slain insurgents was not known, and agents were trying to get more details, said the officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with the policy of the agency they work for.

North Waziristan has witnessed dozens of such attacks in recent months.

U.S. authorities want Pakistan to launch a military offensive in the region, but Islamabad has resisted, saying it has its hands full with army operations against insurgents elsewhere in the northwest.

The Pakistani government publicly denounces the drone-fired missile attacks. It has asked Washington to transfer the technology to Islamabad so that the Pakistani army could launch such strikes on its own.