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Nato kills top Pakistan militant Mullah Dadullah Top Haqqani network militant 'killed in Pakistan'
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Nato air strikes in eastern Afghanistan have killed a commander of the Pakistani Taliban, the alliance says. A key commander in the Pakistan-based militant Haqqani network, Badruddin Haqqani, has been killed in a US drone strike, a relative has told the BBC.
Mullah Dadullah was among several militants killed in air strikes carried out in Afghanistan's Kunar province. Badruddin Haqqani died last Tuesday in North Waziristan, the relative said.
Nato href="http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/isaf-joint-command-morning-operational-update-aug.-23-2.html" >said in a statement Dadullah had carried out attacks against Afghan and coalition forces and was responsible for moving fighters and weapons. The death has not been confirmed by US or Pakistani officials.
The Pakistani government accuses militants of basing themselves in Kunar to launch attacks across the border. The Haqqani network is one of the most formidable foes of US forces in Afghanistan. If confirmed, the death would be a major victory for the US forces, a BBC correspondent says.
Dadullah was killed along with 12 other militants when the houses they were in came under attack, according to local Afghan officials and Nato. In a separate development, Nato air strikes killed a regional commander of the Pakistani Taliban on Friday inside Afghanistan, officials said.
Dadullah had taken over as leader of the Taliban in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal area earlier this year. Mullah Dadullah was killed along with a dozen of his fighters in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. He had taken over as leader of the Taliban in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal area earlier this year.
He replaced Bajaur's previous commander, Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, who had apparently been in peace talks with the government. 'Haven'
The al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network has carried out some of the most high-profile attacks in Afghanistan, says the BBC's Orla Guerin in Pakistan.
Badruddin Haqqani has been described as a senior operational commander with the network and a financial boss.
The death has not been officially confirmed by the US or Pakistan.
However our correspondent says it often takes days or weeks to establish who has been killed in CIA drone strikes because of the remoteness of the areas that are targeted and the tight control of the militants.
The area where Badruddin Haqqani was reportedly killed, North Waziristan, is the group's base and is seen as a haven for Taliban and al-Qaeda militants.