Three high ranking TTP officials killed in Afghanistan
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan's Hafeezullah and two of his aides confirmed killed in a drone strike on December 10.
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Hafizullah and two of his aides have been killed in Afghanistan, according to official sources.
An official speaking on conditions of anonymity told The Express Tribune that the TTP militants were killed by a drone strike on December 10 near the Pak-Afghan border in Afghanistan's Kunar province, 10 kilometres away from Pakistan's territory.
Hafeezullah was the head of the TTP in the Upper and Lower Dir areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province before the military operation began. He was believed to have gone into hiding in Afghanistan.
According to Express 24/7 correspondent Iftikhar Firdous, both of Hafeezullah's aides were high ranking officials in the TTP. The aides, Dr Wazir and Muftahudin alias Shabbar, had been apprehended in Pakistan before but were set free after a peace deal in Swat. Shabbar was known for carrying out public executions.
Hafeezullah was known for a number of suicide bombings in Dir, one of them being a suicide bomb in which three Americans among others were killed. He had then personally called local reporters to claim responsibility for the attack.
An official speaking on conditions of anonymity told The Express Tribune that the TTP militants were killed by a drone strike on December 10 near the Pak-Afghan border in Afghanistan's Kunar province, 10 kilometres away from Pakistan's territory.
Hafeezullah was the head of the TTP in the Upper and Lower Dir areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province before the military operation began. He was believed to have gone into hiding in Afghanistan.
According to Express 24/7 correspondent Iftikhar Firdous, both of Hafeezullah's aides were high ranking officials in the TTP. The aides, Dr Wazir and Muftahudin alias Shabbar, had been apprehended in Pakistan before but were set free after a peace deal in Swat. Shabbar was known for carrying out public executions.
Hafeezullah was known for a number of suicide bombings in Dir, one of them being a suicide bomb in which three Americans among others were killed. He had then personally called local reporters to claim responsibility for the attack.