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Wazoo Agency have killed key commanders of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur...a member of the Madda Khel clan of the Uthmanzai Waziris. Educated in a Deobandi madrassa located in Multan, he is affiliated with the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) political party. Upon the formation of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in December 2007, he was announced as the group's overall naib amir under Baitullah Mehsud, who was based in South Wazoo, but has largely distanced himself from the TTP due to rivalries with the Mehsuds and disagreements about the TTP's attacks against the Pak state..
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The dead are reported to include Gul Bahadur, Sadiq Noor and Akhtar Muhammad along with 30 other forces of Evil of the group.
Some sources are saying that at least seven key commanders of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group have died in the strikes.
Pak F16 jet fighters targeted the forces of Evil compound and a vehicle in Seen Tanga area of Datakhel tehsil of the agency.
Military sources say that the strikes have been carried out against the forces of Evil in the area but their identity and the causality figure is yet to be confirmed.
Hafiz Gul Bahadur is commander of the Shura Mujahideen in North Waziristan. He had signed a peace deal with the Mighty Pak Army in 2006, which had been renewed in 2008.
Bahadur however withdrew from the agreement citing the military operation in North Waziristan as a violation of the peace treaty.
Bahadur is also reportedly associated with the Haqqani group while leading his own group of the Taliban in NWA distinct from the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP).