(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130103-drone-nazir-4a.photoblog600.jpg)S.K Khan / AFP - Getty Images, fileMullah Nazir, center, is seen at a press conference in Wana, Pakistan, in 2007. The Associated Press reported that at least 5,000 people attended Nazir's funeral after he was killed by a U.S. drone strike.By NBC News wire servicesWANA, Pakistan -- A U.S. drone strike killed a Taliban commander, his deputy and at least eight others in northwest Pakistan, intelligence sources and tribal leaders told Reuters Thursday.
Maulvi Nazir, also known as Mullah Nazir, was killed on Wednesday night when missiles struck a house in Angoor Adda near the Afghan border, intelligence sources and residents said.
His deputy, Ratta Khan, was also killed, sources told Reuters.
Reports of Nazir's death came weeks after he was wounded in a bomb attack believed to have been launched by Taliban rivals.
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