Pakistan al-Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri was reportedly killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan, on Saturday.
Based on reports, Ilyas Kashmiri was among nine people killed in the Friday night attack on the Laman village. In addition, around three others were said to be injured.
Kashmiri is believed to head the 313 brigade group, which is a unit of the banned Pakistani organisation Harkatul Jihad al-Islami. He was also considered as a possible successor to Osama Bin Laden, according to reports.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, earlier, had given a list of five most wanted terrorist leaders to Pakistan government, which included the name of Ilyas Kashmiri.
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