Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday telephoned Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa to confirm the news regarding the killing of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah in a drone strike in Afghanistan Province Kunar, the military’s media wing said.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations, Mullah Fazal Ullah was “hiding in Afghanistan since 2009”.
The ISPR termed the killing of Mullah Fazlullah “a positive development”, adding that the TTP leader’s death “gives relief to scores of Pakistani families who fell victims to TTP terror including the APS massacre”.
Earlier there were media reports that a US drone targeted and killed Mullah Fazlullah in the Afghan province of Kunar. The Voice of America radio reported that a US military official confirmed to its correspondents that a US drone strike had “targeted the TTP leader in an Afghan province near the border with Pakistan”.
