Official claims local Taliban commander was among 7 militants who were killed in operation by security forces in Ladha. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
DI KHAN:
A local Taliban commander is said to have been killed in fresh fighting in the Ladha sub-division of South Waziristan Agency, an intelligence official told The Express Tribune on Saturday.
The official claimed that Irfan Mehsud, a local Taliban commander, was among the seven militants who were killed in an operation by the security forces in the Babor mountains of Ladha on Friday – the news of his death, however, surfaced on Saturday.
Irfan Mehsud is said to be the son of Azam Tariq Mehsud, a key member of the Political Shura of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
He is also said to be the spokesperson of TTP’s South Waziristan chapter. Neither the TTP nor any Taliban source immediately confirmed the death of Irfan Mehsud.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 4th, 2014.
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