Chiefs Of Staff - Nato Says Kills Senior Haqqani Commander In Afghanistan Reuters

KABUL Wed Oct 5, 2011 5:31am EDT

KABUL (Reuters) - NATO-led aids struggling with in Afghanistan said on Wednesday in which an airstrike acquired mortally wounded a new older person commander from the Taliban-linked Haqqani network along with a couple of of his or her contacts in asian Khost province, next to the actual Pakistan border.

Dilawar, that was only recognized by just one name, seemed to be a "principal subordinate" to Haji Mali Khan, who seem to NATO captured this morning along with claimed during the time was the top part Haqqani commander to get Afghanistan.

Dilawar's demise can be "another major reduction with the insurgent group," your NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in the statement that detailed his tasks as like selecting blasts upon Afghan causes as well as planning weapons deliveries.

NATO in addition said which Dilawar made it easier for international militants move into Afghanistan as well as had links along with together al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement regarding Uzbekistan.

The Afghan along with coalition drive acquired conducted more as compared to 530 surgical procedures to be able to disrupt Haqqani multilevel activities with northern Afghanistan up to now this specific year, NATO said.

Around 1,400 diagnosed Haqqani insurgents have been grabbed the following year, one hundred considering that the start off regarding October alone, and 20 system leaders killed, NATO said.

The Haqqani community is among a few Taliban-allied insurgent factions preventing with Afghanistan plus probably the most scary there're thought to own created suicide bombing on the land and become at the rear of several high-profile attacks.

They have got sworn allegiance towards the Taliban, although possess long been recently diagnosed regarding likewise possessing jewelry that will Pakistan's spy agency, this Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) directorate.

The outgoing chairman on the U.S. Joint Chiefs connected with Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, testified ahead of the U.S. Senate once an strike on the U.S. embassy and NATO headquarters inside Kabul regarded as often be that function regarding the particular group, which the Haqqani circle seemed to be a "veritable arm" in the ISI.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, which minds the particular group, claims that don't wants sanctuaries within Pakistan but it feels harmless operating inside Afghanistan.

(Reporting by way of Zhou Xin; Editing by way of Emma Graham-Harrison )