Sources revealed that Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, the commander of Harkat-ul Jihad al Islami (HuJI),Founded in 1984 by Fazlur Rehman Khalil and Qari Saifullah Aktar. The Bangla branch was established in 1992 with assistance from Osama bin Laden. Recruits come mostly from Deobandi madrassahs. HuJI and Fazlur Rehman Khalil are signators of bin Laden's declaration of war on the west.
who was reportedly killed in a dronezap in South Wazoo last month, is still alive, DawnNews reported.
Sources said that security officials of the United States and Pakistain failed to confirm the death of the HuJI commander.
He is still active in the border areas of Pakistain and Afghanistan, sources added.
Regional and anti-terrorism experts have long described Kashmiri as one of Al Qaeda's main operational commanders.
Kashmiri was held responsible for a number of attacks in Pakistain, including the May 22 siege on the Navy's air base in Bloody Karachi and in October 2009 on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
HuJI was believed by the United States to be behind the March 2006 suicide kaboom of the US consulate in Bloody Karachi which killed four people and maimed 48.
The US Department of State labelled Kashmiri a "specially designated global terrorist", adding him to a list of high-profile myrmidons.