[Dawn] An Afghan Taliban capo and close relative of Afghan warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani was among those killed in a recent US missile strike, Pak security officials said Wednesday.A US drone fired two missiles into a vehicle in Qutabkhel village in North Wazoo tribal district on Tuesday, killing four turbans.
"Afghan Taliban capo Saifullah travelled to the region from Afghanistan three days ago and was killed in yesterday's US missile strike," a senior security official in the area told AFP.
The information was based on intelligence intercepts, the official said.
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The group is blamed for fuelling the nine-year insurgency in Afghanistan; attacking US-led Nato troops and working to destabilise the Western-backed government of Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid
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Another Pak security official confirmed Saifullah's death.