Two US drone strikes kill 10 in NWA & SWA

MIRANSHAH, WANA,: At least 10 persons were killed including a ranking member of Haqqani network and 11 others in two US drone attacks on Thursday in North and South Waziristan Agencies.

According to details, a US drone fired two missiles on a compound in Ghulam Shah Road at Bermal Tehsil of South Waziristan; meanwhile the compound was completely destroyed in the attack.

“US drones fired three missiles. Six suspected militants were killed,” a Pakistani security official told a news agency on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media”.

Earlier, an unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a compound in Dandey Darpakhel village in Miranshah at North Waziristan Agency
.“Jamil Haqqani, an important Afghan commander of Haqqani network was the target and was killed,” a Pakistani security official told a foreign news agency on condition of anonymity.

A Pakistani intelligence official in Miranshah confirmed the killing and said Jamil was in his thirties.

“He was working as a coordinator of the Haqqani network in North Waziristan,” the official said.

The official said the three other people killed in the strike were Haqqani’s fighters, guarding the commander in the compound.
Jamil is understood to have been responsible for logistics in North Waziristan, where the group’s overall leadership is believed to be based.

Officials said he was not a relative of Jalaluddin, the Afghan warlord who founded the Taliban faction, or his son Sirajuddin who now runs the network but that he was “very close to the top commanders including Sirajuddin”.