DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — An intelligence official says top Pakistani militant leader Ilyas Kashmiri was believed to have been the target of an American missile strike that killed nine militants close to the Afghan border.
The official said Saturday that he did not know whether Kashmiri was among those killed.
He did not give his name because his agency does not allow their operatives to be named.
A local militant commander, Baitullah, said Kashmiri was not present in the compound in South Waziristan that was hit late Friday.
