Pakistan; US claims to have killed number 2 of al-Qaeda, Atiyah Abdur Rahman, in North Waziristan
A senior al-Qaeda operative and possibly the number two of the terror network, Atiyah Abdur Rahman, has reportedly been killed in a drone attack in North Waziristan on August 22.
Pakistani security officials and tribal sources in North Waziristan, however, did not have any information about the al-Qaeda leader and his presence in Pakistan.
The American media, quoting senior US administration officials, reported that Atiyah Abdur Rahman was living in a house in North Waziristan and was killed along with other militants when a drone hit the same house on August 22.