A senior leader of the Haqqani network, one of the most feared groups fighting US troops in Afghanistan, has been shot dead on the outskirts of Islamabad, a Pakistani Taliban commander and an intelligence official have said.

Nasiruddin Haqqani was gunned down on Sunday night in a residential area of Islamabad called Bhara Kahu, only a few kilometres from the US embassy.

The Haqqani network is a key ally of the Afghan Taliban and has pledged allegiance to its leader, Mullah Omar, though it operates fairly independently.

To sum up what the Haqquani network is, it is just another terrorist group like Al Quaeda or Taliban. It has a good amount of members and followers, and while this death may be a tragedy for that particular group, the Haqqani Network is still operational.

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