Pakistan claims 10 killed in U.S. missile strikes

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Ten people were killed early Saturday when suspected U.S. missile strikes hit a religious school in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, a Pakistani intelligence official said.

The official told CNN that the missile strikes hit the school, shortly after midnight near the village of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, one of seven districts in Pakistan's ungoverned tribal region.

The official asked not to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

According to a count by CNN, this is the 16th suspected missile strike in Pakistan this year.

Pakistan has complained repeatedly about what it says are American airstrikes on its territory. The U.S. military in Afghanistan has not commented on the strikes, which typically target Taliban fighters in the border region. However, the United States is the only country operating in the region known to have the capability to launch missiles from remote-controlled drones.