Haqqani leader, presumably slain, delisted by U.N. commission 25 (UPI) -- A U.N. Security Council committee tasked with vetting Chapter VII resolutions on the Taliban announced it delisted a slain commander of the Haqqani network. The so-called 1988 committee, named after the relevant Security Council resolution from 2011, said it deleted Badruddin Haqqani from its list of individuals subject to an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. The committee said the militant leader was a Pakistani and operational commander of the Haqqani network in Pakistan. He "helped lead attacks against targets in southeastern Afghanistan" in coordination with the Taliban, the committee said Tuesday. The U.S. military said in August 2012 the Haqqani leader, whose father founded the group bearing the family name, was killed by a missile fired from an unmanned drone over Pakistan. The narrative circulating at the time of the incident questioned the validity of the claims. A spokesman for U.S. Forces-Afghanistan at the time denied allegations expressed in a Pakistani newspaper that said the U.S. military was giving the Haqqani network control over some territory in Afghanistan.