Taliban remove German militants' bodies after attack

The Taliban have removed the bodies of eight militants killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan where the security officials have confirmed that four of the dead were German nationals.

They were killed by two missiles fired by a US drone at a house in North Waziristan. Security sources have closely linked the area to an al-Qaeda plot to attack European cities, according to BBC News.

The attack destroyed the home of a tribal leader with close links to a local Taliban commander in a village 3km (2 miles) from the main town of Mir Ali.

Identification of the victims is being made more difficult because Taliban militants sealed off the area after the missile strike, taking away the remains for burial.

A number of people were said to have been wounded.