Five militants were killed and three others injured when a US drone attacked a Taliban hideout in Pakistan's volatile South Waziristan tribal region, reports said on Saturday.

The drone fired at least two missiles at the hideout in Tiarza area late last night. The attack destroyed the hideout controlled by a close aide of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, reports said. This was the fourth drone attack in South Waziristan Agency this month.