Pakistani officials: Son of Afghan Taliban leader Siraj Haqqani killed by US missile strike

Officials: US missiles kill Taliban leader’s son

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani officials say the son of senior Afghan Taliban commander Siraj Haqqani has been killed in a U.S. missile strike in northwestern Pakistan.

The two officials said Friday that Mohammed Haqqani and three other close associates of the Taliban leader were killed when missiles struck a house in the Dande Darpa Khel area of North Waziristan, near the border with Afghanistan.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly to the media.

They said the attack was apparently aimed at Siraj Haqqani, a top Taliban commander with suspected close ties to al-Qaida who is accused of masterminding ambushes of American troops in Afghanistan. The officials said it was not known if Siraj Haqqani was hurt in the strike.