Ilyas Kashmiri is dead in drone attack

According to the British media, Kashmiri was among the nine killed in a drone attack in South Waziristan on the night between Friday and Saturday.The US State Department holds Kashmiri’s Harkatul Jihad Islami organisation as responsible for various terrorist attacks in Pakistan and India.The death of Kashmiri has been confirmed by Harkatul Jihad Islami.The drone attack was launched in Ghwa Khawa, around 20 kilometres from Wana, when a group of Taliban was drinking tea in a garden. Nine people were dead and three were injured in the attack. All the killed were Punjabi Taliban, it is said.An eye-witness on the condition of anonymity claimed that Kashmiri had come to the area half an hour ago, but fell prey to the drone attack. According to him, two missiles were fired at them, rocking the entire region. The local have buried the victims in a local graveyard.