KABUL, Aug 26: Afghanistan’s spy agency said on Sunday that the operational commander of the Haqqani network had been killed in a drone strike in Pakistan.

“We confirm that Badruddin Haqqani, who was the mastermind of almost all sophisticated attacks in Kabul, was killed in a drone strike,” National Directorate of Security spokesman Lutfullah Mashal said. “Our information is based on interception of the conversation of the guys (Haqqani members) on the ground who confirmed he was dead,” he said.

“This is propaganda of the enemy. Badruddin is alive,” a Taliban spokesman told AFP.