Pakistan says US-led forces kill 4 villagers

Foreign forces in Afghanistan killed four Pakistani civilians, including two children, when they fired across the border, a Pakistani military spokesman said.

Up to 2,000 villagers protested against the strike that happened on Tuesday night in Pakistan's North Waziristan border region where militants opposed to both the Afghan and Pakistani governments are based.

"They fired five rounds which landed in our territory and in the process a house was destroyed resulting in the deaths of two women and two children," said military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas.