Tehrik-i-Taliban Pak chief Mullah Fazal Ullah killed in US drone strike
US military official has confirmed that an American drone strike targeted Mullah Fazal Ullah
Tehrik-i-Taliban
Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazal Ullah has been reportedly killed in
targeted drone strikes conducted by the United States, a US military
official informed the Voice of America (VOA).
Army
lieutenant colonel Martin O'Donnell told VOA that counterterrorism
strikes were carried out on June 13 in Kunar province which lies close
to Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Further, Pentagon officials refused to comment on whether the strike was successful.
The officials further said that Mullah Fazal Ullah had directed numerous high-profile attacks against the US and Pakistan.
He
had also conducted many other deadly attacks including December 2014
attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar that claimed lives of 151
people, out of which 130 were children.
The
US further underscored that it was Mullah Fazal Ullah who had ordered
the 2012 attempted assassination of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.
The
US Department for State offered a $5 million reward for Fazlullah in
March soon after his son was killed in a US drone strike on TTP training
facility.
The official said the status of Fazlullah was unclear.
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