Pakistan army said that airstrikes killed top al-Qaeda leader, Adnan el Shukrijuma, in South Waziristan tribal region on Saturday.

"In an intelligence-borne operation the al-Qaeda leader Adnan el Shukrijuma was killed by Pakistan Army in an early morning raid in Shinwarsak, South Waziristan today," an army statement said.

He had moved in this area recently from North Waziristan Agency due to a major operation code-named "Zarb-e-Azb" and was hiding in a local compound.

"His accomplice and local facilitator were also killed in the raid," the army said.

Adnan el Shukrijuma was member of the core al-Qaeda leadership and was in charge of all external operations of al-Qaeda, the statement said.

During the raid a soldier was also killed and one was critically injured, the statement said. Endi

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