US Forces Target Taliban Commander is Eastern Afghanistan

US forces have targeted taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani in eastern AFghanistan today. Yesterday a US Predator drone attacked Haqqani's maddrassa in North Waziristan. Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S military said on Tuesday it had targeted the network of veteran Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani during an operation in eastern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, and detained two suspected militants.

The raid was launched on Monday in Khost province against militants suspected of carrying out roadside bomb attacks, the U.S. military said in a statement.

It did not refer to another operation on Monday in which Pakistani witnesses and intelligence officials said U.S. drones fired missiles at a house and religious school founded by Haqqani, just across the border in Pakistan, killing 23 people.

Newbie over at the Jawa Report has reported that newly appointed al Qaida chief in Pakistan has died of his wounds following a missile strike in northwestern Pakistan on Monday. I think this is the same air-strike that targeted taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani. The two locations are similar, similar number of people killed and I've only heard of one Predator missile strike inside Pakistan on Monday.