US Intelligence: Kashmiri confirmed dead
The mastermind behind the PNS Mehran attacks was said to have been killed in a drone strike in South Waziristan
Ilyas Kashmiri has been confirmed as dead by a US intelligence official, according to a Los Angeles Times report. The mastermind behind the PNS Mehran attacks was said to have been killed in a drone strike in South Waziristan on June 3 but reports remained unverified until recently. The former leader of the militant group Harkatul Jihad al Islami is the second-highest ranking al Qaeda operative to be confirmed as dead since Bin Laden was killed.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 9th, 2011.
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