PESHAWAR (Agencies) - A US missile strike on a suspected militant compound in a tribal district on the Afghan border killed 13 people on Saturday, witnesses and local security officials said. It is the first drone strike to take place in the Pakistan since the start of the monsoon floods that have devastated the region. The strike took place in the village of Essori, 20km east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district. A senior Pakistani security official in the area told AFP on condition of anonymity that a local tribesman owned the compound and that the strike occurred during Namaz-e-Taraweeh. One missile fired from a US drone struck a militant compound in the village killing at least 13 rebels, many among them foreigners, a senior Pakistani security official in the area told AFP on condition of anonymity. He said five other militants were wounded. Another security official confirmed the strike and casualties and said the death toll might rise. Taliban sealed off the village and forced residents to stay in their houses after the attack, another security official told AFP. An intelligence official told Reuters that Amir Moawia, an important Pakistani Taliban commander, was among the dead. Another intelligence official said there were five foreigners among the slain militants but their nationalities could not be immediately confirmed. Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in more than 110 drone strikes in Pakistan since August 2008, including a number of senior militants. However, the attacks fuel anti-American sentiment in the conservative Muslim country.