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| Senior Afghan Taliban leader killed by gunmen in Pakistan |
| 2017-04-30 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A big shot of the Taliban ...Arabic for students... group has been rubbed out by unknown gunnies near Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. city of Pakistain, it has been reported. The senior Taliban leader, Mawlavi Daud, was killed near Shamshato refugee camp on Friday. Taliban sources quoted by Pakistain’s Daily Times newspaper have said Mawlavi Daud, the former Taliban governor of Kabul, was killed as he travelling in the area. The sources have further added that the driver of Mawlavi Daud was also killed in the attack. No group or individual has so far grabbed credit behind the killing of Mawlavi Daud so far. Islamic State kills senior Afghan Taliban official in Pakistan The turban Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) group killed a senior Afghan Taliban ...the Pashtun equiovalent of men... official in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , the Afghan turbans said on Saturday, in a rare clash between the rival Islamist groups inside Pakistain. Afghan Taliban sources told Rooters Maulvi Daud was killed on the outskirts of Peshawar with two other men on Thursday. Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed Daud's death. The IS on Friday grabbed credit for "liquidation of a Taliban leader" a day earlier, without naming him, through the group's affiliated news agency AMAQ. The IS, which at one point controlled huge chunks of territory across Syria and Iraq, has made some inroads into Afghanistan but the turban group has met tough resistance from the Taliban as well as US and Afghan special forces. Afghan Taliban sources said Daud was based in Afghanistan's Pashtun-infested Logar province but would frequently visit Pakistain. The turban group does not control any territory inside Pakistain but the group has grabbed credit for several large-scale kabooms. Pakistain denies IS has any presence inside the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |