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India-Pakistan
Death of JuA chief Khorasani 'not confirmed', defence secretary says
2017-10-27
[DAWN] Pakistain has no information that Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) chief Umar Khalid Khorasani was killed in a recent US dronezap, Defence Secretary Zamirul Hassan Shah told the Senate Standing Committee on Defence on Thursday.

Earlier this month, JuA front man Asad Mansoor had 'confirmed' to foreign news organizations that Khorasani had been killed in a US dronezap along with at least nine of his associates.

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Shah, a retired Lt Gen, told the Senate committee that the news of Khorasani's death has not been verified, adding that a photograph of the JUA chief which had been issued along with news of his death "was a fake".

The secretary also said that there had been no US dronezap in Pak territory in the recent past.

A number of dronezaps had been reported in the Pak-Afghan border region between Oct 16 and Oct 20. On Oct 17, after five forces of Evil were killed in a US dronezap near Kurram Agency
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, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif had clarified that the attack had targeted forces of Evil along the Pak-Afghan border area and did not happen inside Pakistain's territory.
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