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Al-Qaeda Pakistan chief of operations killed: US
WASHINGTON : Al-Qaeda's chief of operations in Pakistan Abu Hafs al-Shahri has been killed, a senior US official said
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"It has been confirmed that Al-Qaeda's chief of Pakistan operations, Abu Hafs al-Shahri, was killed earlier this week in Waziristan," the official said on condition of anonymity.
Security officials in Pakistan told AFP earlier this week that a US drone strike killed at least four militants in Waziristan. It was unclear if the attack was the one which killed Abu Hafs.
In Sunday's strike, on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, an unmanned aircraft fired two missiles, hitting a vehicle and a house in Hisokhel village in North Waziristan tribal district.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2010