ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least eight people Friday in a Pakistani village close to the Afghan border, security officials said, in the first such attack since American general David Petraeus took charge of the war in Afghanistan.

The suspected cross-border attack took place in Kam Sam village in the North Waziristan region, a stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaida militants blamed for attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan and rising violence within Pakistan.

One Pakistani security official said 10 people died. Another put the toll at eight. The identity of the victims was not clear and it was not immediately possible to reconcile the differing tallies.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. They said they received information from informants and agents on the ground.

Unmanned U.S. aircraft are believed to have carried out at least 18 missile strikes in Pakistan since August, triggering anger from the Muslim country’s civil and military leaders, as well as many of its 170 million people.

The attack was the first since the installation of Gen. Petraeus as head of U.S. Central Command on Oct. 31, giving him overall command of the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan.