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A US drone strike killed the deputy chief of the Pakistani Taliban Wednesday in the country’s lawless tribal northwest, officials said, dealing a major blow to the militant network.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waliur Rehman, the number two in the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) faction, died along with at least five others when an unmanned US drone fired two missiles on a house in North Waziristan district early Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Pakistani security sources told AFP that Rehman, who had a US$5 million US government bounty on his head, was the target of the strike, which came a week after US President Barack Obama outlined new more restrictive category_idelines on drone use.<\/strong> It was the first known drone strike since that announcement.<\/p>\n

Officials in several towns, as well as tribal and intelligence sources, confirmed Rehman’s death in the attack in Chashma village near Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan district, a stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants.<\/p>\n

The United States refused to confirm that it had killed Rehman, despite Obama’s promise of more transparency on the drone war.<\/p>\n

Washington says drone strikes have been an effective tool in wiping out important Taliban and Al-Qaeda figures in the militant-infested badlands along the Afghan border.<\/p>\n

But they have been unpopular in Pakistan, where the government publicly denounces them as illegal and a violation of sovereignty.<\/p>\n

Obama last week defended the legality of the CIA-run strikes, which began in Pakistan in 2004 and became more frequent during his presidency.<\/strong> But he outlined new rules for their use.<\/p>\n

The category_idelines say drone strikes can only be used to prevent imminent attacks, when the capture of a suspect is not feasible and if there is a “near certainty” that civilians will not be killed.<\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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