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Abdul Wali died in a car bombing in eastern Afghanistan. | Font: AFP

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A high-ranking Pakistani Taliban commander was killed in a car bombing in eastern Afghanistan. AFP origin of the Taliban Pakistan.

Pakistani Taliban, Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan (TTP), said he would soon announce the death of the “leader”, but a TTP source said AFP that is Abdul Waliaka Omar Khalid Khorasani.

His death could jeopardize the fragile ceasefire negotiated in June between TTP and the government of Pakistan.

On Tuesday, the Pakistani military said four soldiers were killed in a suicide attack on a military convoy in North Waziristan, on the border with Afghanistan, where the TTP has a strong presence.

Pakistani Taliban The TTP is a distinct group from the Afghan Taliban, but with the same ideology and a long shared history.

Taliban version

According to a TTP source who asked not to be named, Abdul Wali and two other commanders were killed when their vehicle was attacked in Paktika province, bordering Waziristan, in eastern Afghanistan.

The source added that Wali was returning from a meeting with TTP head Nur Wali Mehsud.

Abdul Wali it has been a thorn in the side of the Pakistani authorities for more than a decade.

In 2014, he formed a separate and more militant faction of the TTP known as Jamat-ul-Ahrar, which claimed responsibility for some of the country’s deadliest attacks, including the Easter Sunday 2016 Lahore suicide bombing that killed 75 human.

Since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in Kabul A year ago, Pakistan condemned more and more TTP attacks, especially along the porous border with Afghanistan. (AFP)


Source: RPP

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