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Officials: Jalil Haqqani is a senior operator of the Haqqani Network
Intelligence officials say he was in charge of communications
A drone strike killed three suspected militants, including a senior member of the Haqqani Network, in Pakistan’s volatile tribal region, intelligence officials said Thursday
Jalil Haqqani, a senior operator of the Haqqani Network, was among those killed, Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN.
The drone fired two missiles at a compound in a village north of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan.
Intelligence officials said Jalil was in charge of communications for the network and a close relative of Sirajuddin Haqqani.
Sirajuddin Haqqani is the leader of the Afghan Taliban, a group that targets U.S. forces and their allies.
Jalil Haqqani, 32, is an Afghan national and operated between Pakistan and Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.