DHAKA: One of the most senior leaders of the Haqqani militant network has been shot dead near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, reports say.

Nasiruddin Haqqani, who was in his early 30s, was the group’s financier and a son of its founder Jalaluddin.

Reports say his body has been taken for burial to the North Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border, according to the BBC.

It is not clear who shot him or why. Nasiruddin Haqqani was on a US list of global terrorists.

The details of his death are still unclear, but reports say he was killed in a shooting incident in the city of Rawalpindi, next to Islamabad, on Sunday night.

Another Haqqani brother, Badruddin, who had been the group’s operational commander, was killed in a drone strike in August last year.

BDST: 1744 HRS, NOV 11, 2013
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