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Senior militant leader shot dead in Islamabad

Islamabad: Gunmen on the outskirts of Islamabad shot dead a senior leader of one of the most feared al-Qaida-linked militant groups fighting U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a Pakistani Taliban commander and an intelligence official said



Pakistan has refused to conduct an offensive.

Islamabad says its troops are stretched too thin fighting domestic militants at war with the state.

But analysts widely believed that Pakistan is reluctant to cross the Haqqani network, believing it will be a key ally in countering the influence of archenemy India in Afghanistan after foreign forces withdraw.

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