One of the most senior leaders of the Haqqani militant network has been shot dead near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, reports say.
Nasiruddin Haqqani, who was in his early 30s, was the group's financier and a son of its founder Jalaluddin.
Reports say his body has been taken for burial to the North Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border.
It is not clear who shot him or why. Nasiruddin Haqqani was on a US list of global terrorists.
The details of his death are still unclear, but reports say he was killed in a shooting incident in the city of Rawalpindi, next to Islamabad, on Sunday night.
Another Haqqani brother, Badruddin, who had been the group's operational commander, was killed in a drone strike in August last year.
Nasiruddin's elder brother, Sirajuddin Haqqani, now heads the group, while Jalaluddin remains its figurehead.
As the group's main fundraiser, Nasiruddin frequently travelled to the oil-rich sheikhdoms of the Middle East to solicit donations.
He represented the Haqqani network in last year's efforts to set up a Taliban office in Doha for peace talks with the United States.
He was also the group's main contact person for pro-Taliban elements in Pakistan.
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