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Afghanistan's intelligence agency has said its operatives have confirmed that the son of the founder of the powerful Haqqani Network has been killed. Agency spokesman Shafiqullah Tahiri has said that Badruddin Haqqani was killed in an airstrike in Pakistan. He said the strike took place last week. He would not say whether the agency's sources have seen the body. Fox News quoted Tahiri, as saying that the Afghan Government is confident that its information is correct. The Taliban, which is allied with the Haqqani network, have said that Haqqani is still alive and in Afghanistan.

Afghan Govt confirms killed militant was Haqqani's son