PESHAWAR - PAKISTANI security officials said on Thursday that a Taleban militant commander had been killed in a gunfight with government troops in the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.
'Asmatullah Bhetani was killed in a gunfight with security forces in South Waziristan on the night between Dec 7 and 8,' a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Another official confirmed Bhetani's death, saying there had been a reward of 10 million rupees (S$157,000) for his arrest.
He was killed in Sararogha, a militant stronghold in South Waziristan, where Pakistan carried out a major offensive to crush the Taleban's headquarters last year, the official said.
Bhetani was educated at a madrassa in the north-western town of Dera Ismail Khan, before opening a seminary himself and teaching, the official said.
'He was an important militant commander,' the official said. -- AFP
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