Outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) senior commander Omar Khalid Khorasani has been killed in the Paktika province of Afghanistan, a local TV reported Monday, citing sources.
According to the sources, along with Omar Khalid Khorasani, two more senior commanders of the banned organisation were also killed. Hafiz Daulat and commander Mufti Hassan are among the dead.
Sources from the outlawed TTP have confirmed the death of Omar Khalid Khorasani and the other two commanders.
Sources say that the three commanders were traveling in a vehicle in the Burmal area of the Paktika province in Afghanistan when their vehicle hit a landmine.
According to the sources, the three TTP commanders were stationed in Afghanistan’s Kunar province and went to Burmal “for consultations”.
