The U.S.-led Coalition forces in Afghanistan on Saturday confirmed that the death of a Taliban commander namely Darim Sedgai was outside the country.
"Coalition forces confirmed that Darim Sedgai was killed by unknown gunmen in Pakistan on Jan. 16,"said a press release of the Coalition forces issued from their main base in Bagram, 50 km north of Afghan capital Kabul.
In the press release, the troops described Sedgai as close aid and powerful commander of Taliban leader Sarajudin Haqqani, adding that Segai was first ambushed and later on died of his wounds.
However, it did not identify the exact place of incident inside Pakistan where Sedgai came under attack.
The Pashtun-belt tribal areas of Pakistan located alongside Afghan border where has been the scene of Taliban and al-Qaida network activities over the past years during which hundreds of people including personnel of Pakistani army were killed.
Source: Xinhua
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