US Drone Kills Pakistani Taliban Leader in Afghan Province

An American drone attack has targeted and killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban in an eastern border province of Afghanistan, military officials and local intelligence sources confirmed to VOA.   A U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the strike late Wednesday targeted Mullah Fazlullah, the fugitive chief of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in the volatile Afghan province of Kunar. Intelligence sources in neighboring Pakistan confirmed to...

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