U.S. drone strike kills senior militant in Pakistan: officials

9 February 2012, 4:41 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The second U.S. drone attack in two days in Pakistan's North Waziristan region killed five people on Thursday, including a senior militant commander with links to al Qaeda, Pakistani intelligence officials and Taliban sources said. Badar Mansoor, leader of a faction of the Pakistani Taliban with close ties to al Qaeda, was one of the five killed in the strike in ...... Read More »

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