Haqqani network leader among 3 killed in US drone attack
Jalil Haqqani, a close relative of Haqqani network leader Sirajuddin Haqqani, was among those killed, Pakistani intelligence officials were quoted as saying by CNN.
The drone fired two missiles at a compound in a village north of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan Agency.
Officials
said
Jalil
was
in
charge
of
communications
for
the
network.
The
Afghan
Taliban
faction
routinely
targets
US
and
allied
forces
in
Afghanistan
from
its
bases
in
North
Waziristan.
Jalil Haqqani was an Afghan national and operated between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the officials said.
Today's
drone
strike
occurred
close
to
the
Haqqanis"
stronghold
of
Dande
Darpa
Khel
village.
The
region
is
considered
the
group's
main
safe
haven
along
the
Afghan
border.
The US has blamed the Haqqani network for several high-profile attacks in Afghanistan, including a terrorist strike on the American Embassy in Kabul
PTI