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Pakistani Taliban terrorists today appointed Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud as their new chief in place of Mullah Fazlullah, who was recently killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan's restive Kunar province

A U.S. drone strike killed the head of the Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan's eastern Konar province, Afghan officials said Friday, eliminating a notorious insurgent commander who had ordered attacks on schoolchildren in Pakistan, including future Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

Maulana Fazlullah, the dreaded chief of Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan's restive Kunar province, an Afghan defence ministry official said today.

The US military said Thursday it carried out a strike targeting a senior terrorist leader in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, where Pakistani Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah is believed to be hiding.

The United States on Thursday said it was offering a $5-million reward for information on Mullah Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban terrorist group that has waged a decade-long insurgency in the South Asian nation.

When Pakistani shopkeeper Abdur Rahim's phone rang in mid-October, he was shocked to hear the voice of a senior terrorist commander demanding protection money from him and his fellow traders in the Swat Valley.

Pakistan's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif has asked the US to target the hideouts of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan terrorists and their chief Mullah Fazlullah in Afghanistan.

Pakistan's indigenously-developed armed drone 'Burraq' has been tested in live combat against militants in the strategic Tirah Valley region of Khyber tribal district near Afghan border and killed senior commanders of the insurgents, according to a media report.

A father and two of his children were killed in northwest Pakistan today after a bomb concealed inside a toy went off inside their home.

Pakistan is renaming dozens of government-run schools after the the students killed by Taliban militants in a massacre at an army-run academy in the northwestern city of Peshawar in December, an official said Friday.

Pakistan's Army today said that out of 27 Taliban militants involved in the Peshawar school massacre nine have been killed and 12 others arrested.

The US today designated Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban, as a global terrorist and slapped sanctions against him.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has released a video with its head, Maulana Fazlullah threatening a "more spectacular" attack than the massacre on December 16 in the Army Public School in Peshawar.

The government of Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday announced a bounty worth US $ 100,000 for information leading to the arrest or death of the Pakistani Taliban chief, officials said.

Authorities in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were warned of an imminent revenge attack on the army-run school here months before a Taliban-sponsored carnage claimed 148 lives, mostly that of children.

Pakistani Taliban terrorists today appointed Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud as their new chief in place of Mullah Fazlullah, who was recently killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan's restive Kunar province

A U.S. drone strike killed the head of the Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan's eastern Konar province, Afghan officials said Friday, eliminating a notorious insurgent commander who had ordered attacks on schoolchildren in Pakistan, including future Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

Maulana Fazlullah, the dreaded chief of Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan's restive Kunar province, an Afghan defence ministry official said today.

The US military said Thursday it carried out a strike targeting a senior terrorist leader in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, where Pakistani Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah is believed to be hiding.

The United States on Thursday said it was offering a $5-million reward for information on Mullah Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban terrorist group that has waged a decade-long insurgency in the South Asian nation.

When Pakistani shopkeeper Abdur Rahim's phone rang in mid-October, he was shocked to hear the voice of a senior terrorist commander demanding protection money from him and his fellow traders in the Swat Valley.

Pakistan's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif has asked the US to target the hideouts of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan terrorists and their chief Mullah Fazlullah in Afghanistan.

Pakistan's indigenously-developed armed drone 'Burraq' has been tested in live combat against militants in the strategic Tirah Valley region of Khyber tribal district near Afghan border and killed senior commanders of the insurgents, according to a media report.

A father and two of his children were killed in northwest Pakistan today after a bomb concealed inside a toy went off inside their home.

Pakistan is renaming dozens of government-run schools after the the students killed by Taliban militants in a massacre at an army-run academy in the northwestern city of Peshawar in December, an official said Friday.

Pakistan's Army today said that out of 27 Taliban militants involved in the Peshawar school massacre nine have been killed and 12 others arrested.

The US today designated Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban, as a global terrorist and slapped sanctions against him.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has released a video with its head, Maulana Fazlullah threatening a "more spectacular" attack than the massacre on December 16 in the Army Public School in Peshawar.

The government of Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday announced a bounty worth US $ 100,000 for information leading to the arrest or death of the Pakistani Taliban chief, officials said.

Authorities in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were warned of an imminent revenge attack on the army-run school here months before a Taliban-sponsored carnage claimed 148 lives, mostly that of children.