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

KABUL Wed Oct 5, 2011 5:31am EDT

KABUL (Reuters) - NATO-led makes fighting throughout Afghanistan reported with Wednesday that will an airstrike acquired harmed a senior commander of the Taliban-linked Haqqani community and two involving their associates within southern Khost province, in close proximity to your Pakistan border.

Dilawar, that was merely known by one name, appeared to be your "principal subordinate" for you to Haji Mali Khan, exactly who NATO captured the other day and said once appeared to be the top part Haqqani commander regarding Afghanistan.

Dilawar's death can be "another major loss for that insurgent group," that NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reported in a record this referred to his or her responsibilities since like coordinating attacks on Afghan allows as well as planning weapons deliveries.

NATO likewise explained that will Dilawar assisted dangerous militants move into Afghanistan and had links with the two al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement with Uzbekistan.

The Afghan and also coalition push experienced conducted above 530 treatments to be able to disrupt Haqqani network actions throughout western Afghanistan thus far this year, NATO said.

Around 1,400 suspected Haqqani insurgents ended up seized this kind of year, 100 since start off of October alone, and 20 multi-level frontrunners killed, NATO said.

The Haqqani multi-level is usually among three Taliban-allied insurgent factions combating inside Afghanistan and maybe by far the most dreaded they're just thought that will have released suicide bombing to be able to the continent and also be lurking behind numerous high-profile attacks.

They have sworn allegiance for the Taliban, nonetheless have long been suspected connected with in addition owning ties to Pakistan's criminal agency, the actual Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) directorate.

The outgoing chairman on the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff , Admiral Mike Mullen, testified ahead of this U.S. Senate after an strike within the U.S. embassy as well as NATO headquarters around Kabul thought to be always be that work of the group, which the Haqqani network seemed to be a "veritable arm" on the ISI.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, whom mind this group, affirms the item no longer desires sanctuaries in Pakistan and it also senses risk-free operating inside Afghanistan.

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