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Summary A US official has confirmed that a top Haqqani commander had been killed in a strike in Pakistan.
The United States said Thursday the most senior leader of the extremist Haqqani group yet taken off the battlefield had been killed in North Waziristan drone attack.Its been confirmed that Janbaz Zadran, aka Jamil, was killed earlier today in North Waziristan, Pakistan, said a senior US official, revealing the death of the latest target of the secret US anti-terror war.Janbaz played a central role in helping the Haqqani network attack US and coalition targets in Kabul and southeastern Afghanistan.His death in Miram Shah makes him the most senior Haqqani leader in Pakistan to be taken off the battlefield, the official said.The official did not detail the circumstances in which Janbaz was killed, but a number of extremists have recently died in a rash of US drone strikes in tribal Pakistan and Yemen.
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