The Chief of outlawed terror organization Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a US drone strike carried out in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunar province on June 13, 2018.
President Ashraf Ghani called Chief of Pakistan Army Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday and confirmed that terrorist Mullah Fazlullah had been killed. Mullah Fazlullah was involved in multiple terrorists attacks in Pakistan, resulting in numerous civilian casualties.
President of Afghanistan Mr Ashraf Ghani called COAS and shared news about killing of Mullah Fazal Ullah (MFU) in a drone strike in Kunar Province of Afghanistan. MFU was hiding there since 2009 and masterminded scores of terrorist attacks against Pakistan including APS. pic.twitter.com/6TltYn46nL
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) June 15, 2018
Mullah Fazlullah was killed along with four other militants namely Molvi Omar, Imran, Abu Bakar, and Sajad in Kunar near the Pakistani border.
Breaking: Pakistani intelligence officials monitoring militant activities at Pak-Afghan Border region, posted in Bajur and Mohmand districts, confirmed killing of Mullah Fazlullah in a US Drone Strike. pic.twitter.com/CzuSPWX25r
— Ihsan Tipu Mehsud (@IhsanTipu) June 14, 2018
Mullah Fazlullah was also responsible for the horrific massacre of more than 130 children at Peshawar’s army public school on December 16, 2014.