A top commander of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Omar Khalid Khorasani and three other militant leaders were killed in a mysterious blast in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province, a Pakistani media report said.
Omar Khalid Khorasani, a former journalist and poet, who studied at several madrasas in Pakistan's Karachi previously headed the TTP in the Mohmand Agency bordering Afghanistan.
KABUL, Afghanistan A top leader of the Pakistani Taliban militia was reported killed Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, potentially dealing a serious blow to peace talks being negotiated between the extremist group and Pakistani officials with assistance from senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan.
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A top commander of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Omar Khalid Khorasani and three other top militant leaders have been killed in a mysterious blast in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province. This was contained in the Pakistani media report on Monday. The Express Tribune newspaper reports that a vehicle carrying senior commanders of the militant group, including Khorasani, was on Sunday targeted with a mysterious explosive device, according to Afghan officials and local sources.