Wazoo tribal region in the early hours of Friday killed a senior commander of the Haqqani network, intelligence officials said.Mullah Sangeen Zadran, blacklisted as a terrorist by the United Nations
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and United States, was among six fighters killed in a drone strike in a Haqqani stronghold area of North Waziristan agency. Zadran was wanted for kidnappings and sending hundreds of imported muscle into Afghanistan.
The United States has blamed the Haqqani network, a faction of the Taliban waging a 12-year insurgency in Afghanistan, for a series of high-profile attacks in recent years.
Two announcements made by mosque loudspeaker in Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a
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, the main town in North Waziristan, said his funeral would take place at 3pm on Friday.
Two Pak intelligence officials, who spoke to news agency AFP on condition of anonymity, confirmed his death and said an Arab fighter was also among the dead.
Pak officials said the US drone fired two missiles, destroying a compound overnight in Dargah Mandi, a Haqqani stronghold about 10 kilometres from Miranshah.
Earlier reports had suggested six suspected forces of Evil were killed and three others maimed in the missile strike in the remote semiautonomous tribal area. Reports now confirm Zadran was among the dead.
In 2011, the US State Department described Zardan as shadow governor of Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
, one of the most volatile Afghan provinces on the Pak border and as a lieutenant of Haqqani leader Sirajuddin Haqqani.
It alleged Zadran led fighters in attacks across southeastern Afghanistan, and was believed to have planned and coordinated the movement of hundreds of imported muscle into Afghanistan.
He was also connected to roadside kaboomings and was believed to have orchestrated the kidnappings of Afghans and foreigners in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistain.
Pakistain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attack, calling it a violation of the country's illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity.