An increase in Predator strikes against al Qaeda groups in Pakistan and operations against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in northern Afghanistan is linked to a plot to carry out a Mumbai-like terror assault in several cities in Europe.
The commander, who is known as Qureshi, is said to have been killed in yesterday’s second strike in the Datta Khel area in North Waziristan.
The raid took place in the district of Zurmat in Paktia province, a known haven for al Qaeda and other foreign fighters.
Military commander Abu Ahmed and 12 members of the Islamic Jihad Group were killed in today’s strike in the Taliban stronghold.