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Source: US drone strike kills important Taliban commander

By REUTERS

JANUARY 3, 2013 07:47

ISLAMABAD - A US drone strike killed a Taliban commander, his deputy and eight others in northern Pakistan, intelligence sources and tribal leaders said Thursday.

Maulvi Nazir Wazir, also known as Mullah Nazir, an important commander from the Wazir tribe, was killed on Wednesday night when missiles struck a house in Angoor Adda, near the capital of Wana, South Waziristan, near the Afghan border, seven intelligence sources and two residents from his tribe said.

His deputy, Ratta Khan, was also killed, three sources said.

He favored attacking American forces in Afghanistan rather than Pakistani soldiers in Pakistan, a position that put him at odds with some other Pakistan Taliban commanders.

Nazir was wounded in a bombing in November, widely believed to be as a result of his rivalries with other Taliban commanders.

Shortly after the bombing, his Wazir tribe told the Mehsud tribe, related to Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, to leave the area.

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