Pakistani Taliban leader killed in air strike in Afghanistan near border

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




JUNE 15, 2018 / 5:09 AM / UPDATED 22 MINUTES AGO

Rupam Jain, Jibran Ahmad

KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a U.S.-Afghan air strike in Afghanistan, a senior Afghan Defence Ministry official said on Friday, a killing likely to ease tension between the United States and Pakistan.

An official at the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan confirmed Fazlullah was killed on Thursday.

The U.S. military said earlier in Washington it had carried out a strike aimed at a senior militant figure in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar, which is on the Pakistani border, and one U.S. official said the target was believed to have been Fazlullah.

Fazlullah was Pakistan’s most-wanted militant, notorious for attacks including a 2014 school massacre that killed 132 children and the 2012 shooting of schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.



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[Honeycombe8]

1. Good. nt

[Archae]

2. He'll already be replaced...

The Taliban, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, we aren't looking at an organization like "Spectre" from the James Bond movies.

Or even "Dr Evil's" group.

These groups are so loosely organized all it takes is ONE PERSON to call themselves the "Most Holy Warriors Who Blow Themselves Up" and they cause panic.

Here in Wisconsin, in Cudahay to be exact, was an ISIS recruiter who's been busted.

[heaven05]

3. exactly nt.