In the meantime, some analysts have said that in the recent weeks Pak officials have shown some sort of willingness to support the U.S. in destroying the bully boy groups operating in its soil.
The liquidation of Haqqani Network's second-in-command by unknown gunnies in Pakistain was not the first strong attack against the group. Prior to his killing, several Taliban key leaders were killed in the U.S. drone attacks while some others disappeared mysteriously. The U.S. officials have now decided on an intelligence war against top Taliban figures.
"Things are coming together in terms of the more comprehensive approach (against the Haqqanis). So, there is a lot of focus - there is a lot of energy behind it right now," a U.S. official on condition of anonymity said.
Political commentators see the recent developments as new steps of cooperation between Pakistain and the U.S. government.
"The U.S. is determined to eliminate the Haqqani network; the U.S. considers it partner to Al-qaeda network and Pak Intelligence Service (ISI). This decision deserves appreciation,"
Jawed Kohistani, a political commentator, said. "In recent weeks, there are some signs that indicate Paks willingness to do so also. Pakistain has conducted some military operations in north
Wazoo. We have witnesses such initiatives in the past too.""Until they [the Haqqani network] operate in north Waziristan and rest of the areas on Afghan-Pak borders, neither the Haqqani network is eliminated nor the U.S. get anything from it," Farooq Bashir, a political analyst, added.
Nasiruddin Haqqani, a senior bully boy leader and son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Haqqani Network, was reportedly rubbed out by two faceless myrmidons on cycle of violences near Bara Kahu on the outskirts of Islamabad in November.
The Haqqani Network is a Pak group classified as an international terrorist organization by the U.S. and blacklisted by the United Nations
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(UN). The group is affiliated with the Taliban and al Qaeda and has been implicated in a number of attacks inside Pakistain as well as abroad.
Nasiruddin, who was in his early 30s, was the Haqqani Network's financier. He was designated as a terrorist by the U.S. in July 2010. Badruddin Haqqani, another son of Jalalauddin and big shot of the group, was killed by a U.S. drone strike in August 2012. Esmatollah Shaheen, another Taliban key commander, was recently targeted by unidentified gunnies in Pakistain.