A U.S. drone strike killed a top leader of the Pakistani Taliban in North Waziristan Wednesday, Pakistani security officials said. Taliban deputy commander Wali-ur-Rehman and six others were killed. A senior army official said in December that Wali-ur-Rehman was poised to succeed Hakimullah Mehsud as leader of the Pakistani Taliban. "This is a huge blow to militants and a win in the fight against insurgents," one security official told Reuters. The drone strike was the first since President Barack Obama announced last week that the United States was scaling back the drone program.
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