A Haqqani Network leader who supported Kabul attack were killed in an air strike, Isaf said in a statement on Thursday.
The International Security Assistance force (Isaf) confirmed today that a top Haqqani network leader suspected of providing material support to the Kabul suicide bomb attack on June 28, was killed in a precision air strike in Gardez, Paktiya province, on Wedneday.
"Ismail Jan was the deputy to the senior Haqqani commander inside Afghanistan, Hajji Mali Khan. Jan and several Haqqani fighters were killed in the strike," Isaf said in the statement.
The Haqqani network, in conjunction with Taliban operatives, was responsible for the Tuesday night attack on the Kabul Intercontinental Hotel which killed 12 people, including a provincial judge, added the statement.
Jan is said to have served as an insurgent leader in the Khost-Gardez Pass area, along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, and moved into Afghanistan from Pakistan in late 2010. During this time he led approximately 25 to 35 fighters in conducting attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces.
The security force tracked his location after receiving several intelligence reports from Afghan government officials, Afghan citizens and disenfranchised insurgents. After planning to avoid civilian casualties and mitigate collateral damage, the precision airstrike was conducted, killing Jan and several other insurgents, it added.
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