Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Swat chapter chief Mullah Fazlullah, along with nine accomplices, was injured in an attack in Nooristan province of Afghanistan on Tuesday.
The reports from across the border revealed that the Afghan Taliban attacked Fazlullah’s compound in border regions of Kunar and Nooristan, using modern and sophisticated weapons.
The reports revealed that the gunfight between the Pakistani and the Afghan Taliban was in progress. However, no further details were available.
Fazlullah commanding the Taliban in Swat fled the area when the security forces carried out an operation there in 2009.
According to reports, Fazlullah and his accomplices have set up dins and shelters across the border in Afghanistan. These militants are involved in deadly attacks against security forces, tribal elders and volunteers of peace lashkars in Dir, Chitral, Bajaur and Mohmand agencies.