Drone Strike Kills Haqqani Network's No. 2, Other Taliban Commanders: Officials -- NBC
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Five Taliban commanders -- including the Haqqani network's No. 2 -- were among nine people killed by a U.S. drone strike early Thursday, Pakistani security officials told NBC News.
Maulvi Ahmad Jan, a prominent adviser to Haqqani network leader Sirajuddin Haqqani, was among the dead after a religious school was targeted, according to a security official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
"Initially we thought that a suicide bomber had hit the madrasa but later we confirmed it was a drone attack,” the security official said.
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Drone Strike Kills 5 in Northwest Pakistan -- Voice of America
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