US drone strikes have killed at least 10 militants in Pakistan.

The attacks, centred on militants in North Waziristan, involved unmanned aircraft which fired missiles at vehicles near North Waziristan's main town Miran Shah.

The area is controlled by Hatiz Gul Bahadur, a Taliban commander.

The drone attacks came after a group of militants attacked a security checkpoint in the northwest on Wednesday, killing at least five members of Pakistan's security forces.

The checkpoint was on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.