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India-Pakistan
US drone strike kills two militants in Pakistan
2017-06-14
[Iran Press TV] Pak officials have announced the death of a key krazed killer commander in an Arclight airstrike allegedly carried out by a US drone.

Three intelligence officials said on Tuesday that Abu Bakr, a commander of the Haqqani krazed killer Network, was killed earlier in the morning when his house in northwestern Pakistain was targeted by missiles.

They said Abu Bakr’s house was located in Dewal, a village some five kilometers south of the city of Thal, where a US drone had been seen hovering. They said the krazed killer commander was inside the house as two missiles hit the property.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said an aide to the krazed killer commander was also killed in the strike.

Residents said three more people, including a boy, were maimed in the attack.

Local media said Abu Bakr, known by his original name Omar, was from Afghanistan’s Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
and had been living in the tribal regions of Pakistain over the past years. He then moved to Dewal after the Mighty Pak Army launched a massive crackdown to hunt key krazed killer leaders in the restive Wazoo region.

There was no official confirmation from Washington neither from US military officials based in the region. Some reports said the dronezap, if confirmed, could be related to a recent attack in the diplomatic region of the Afghan capital, Kabul, which killed some 150 people. The Afghan government has blamed the Haqqani network in Pakistain for the high-profile attack. However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
in a later audio message issued by big shots, the group denied any involvement.

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