Senior Taliban commander killed in U.S. drone strike in spite of the truce with the Pakistani military :
Today News : who was believed to be in his 30s, was killed on Wednesday night, along with five associates, when missiles struck targets in his heartland of South Waziristan, part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
Accounts from the region suggested he was hit by two missiles as he switched vehicles after his pick-up truck broke down.
Analysts said the strike could drive a wedge between Washington and Islamabad and create further instability between the two already uneasy allies in the war on terror.
Nazir's faction of the Pakistan Taliban had signed a peace deal with Islamabad in 2007 and had made repeated agreements with other militant groups to focus their attacks only on Afghanistan.
He had even quarrelled with other groups over his refusal to carry out attacks inside Pakistan and to instead concentrate on fighting American and Afghan forces across the border.
Today News : who was believed to be in his 30s, was killed on Wednesday night, along with five associates, when missiles struck targets in his heartland of South Waziristan, part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
Accounts from the region suggested he was hit by two missiles as he switched vehicles after his pick-up truck broke down.
Analysts said the strike could drive a wedge between Washington and Islamabad and create further instability between the two already uneasy allies in the war on terror.
Nazir's faction of the Pakistan Taliban had signed a peace deal with Islamabad in 2007 and had made repeated agreements with other militant groups to focus their attacks only on Afghanistan.
He had even quarrelled with other groups over his refusal to carry out attacks inside Pakistan and to instead concentrate on fighting American and Afghan forces across the border.
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