US drone strike kills Pakistani warlord: officials US drone strikes killed Pakistani warlord Mullah Nazir who sent men to fight NATO troops in Afghanistan, in raids in northwest Pakistan that also killed nine other fighters, security officials say. Mullah Nazir was the main militant commander in South Waziristan, part of Pakistan's tribal belt where the Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants have bases, and he is the highest profile casualty in a drone strike for some time. File still photos.