...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..on Friday telephoned Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa to confirm the news regarding the killing of banned Tehrik-e-Taliban
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Pakistain (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah
...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much less bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan...
in a dronezap in Afghanistan Province Kunar, the military’s media wing said.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations, Mullah Fazal Ullah was "hiding in Afghanistan since 2009".The ISPR termed the killing of Mullah Fazlullah "a positive development", adding that the TTP leader's death "gives relief to scores of Pak families who fell victims to TTP terror including the APS massacre".
Earlier there were media reports that a US drone targeted and killed Mullah Fazlullah in the Afghan province of Kunar. The Voice of America radio reported that a US military official confirmed to its correspondents that a US dronezap had "targeted the TTP leader in an Afghan province near the border with Pakistain".
The official US radio also quoted unconfirmed reports from the target area as claiming that Mullah Fazlullah had been killed.
According to *Radio Pakistain*, the banned TTP chief was leaving a Lion of Islam centre, known as Pachai Markaz, just before midnight after attending a dinner party along with several key commanders when he was killed. As soon as Fazlullah boarded the vehicle, missiles fired from an unmanned US aircraft hit them, it added.
Ashraf Ghani also made a telephone call to caretaker Prime Minister Nasir-ul-Mulk and confirmed the death of Mullah Fazlullah. PM Mulk thanked the Afghanistan's Caped President for sharing this information and termed it a significant development in the fight against terrorism, Radio Pakistain said.
The premier said, "Finally action has been taken against an enemy of the people and state of Pakistain."
President Ghani also informed PM Mulk about positive developments following the recent ceasefire announcement in Afghanistan which would help pave the way for the Afghan grinding of the peace processor to consolidate.