This file photo taken on July 11, 2001 shows Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, commander-in-chief of the Kashmiri militant group Harakat-ul Jihad-i-Islami, addressing a press conference in Islamabad.
KABUL: The United States has had “no confirmation” that Pakistani al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri died in a drone strike last week, a US defence official speaking on condition of anonymity said Monday.
“We have no confirmation that he’s dead,” the official told AFP in Kabul on day three of US Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s farewell visit to Afghanistan.