A son of former deputy chief of the banned terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, is said to have been killed in the latest US drone strike near the Afghanistan border.
On Saturday morning, at least 29 suspected militants were killed in a series of US drone strikes in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. A remotely-piloted US aircraft targeted a compound of militants in Mangrooti village of Shawal Valley on the border with Afghanistan, administration officials said.
Maulvi Faqir Mohammad’s son was among 10 militants who were killed during drone strikes in Shegal area of Kunar, border province of Afghanistan, local media quoting sources said on Sunday.
The sources further stated that Maulvi Faqir Mohammad remained the deputy chief of the banned militant outfit under the leadership of former TTP chiefs Baitullah Mehsud and Hakimullah Mehsud.
However, soon after the killing of Mehsud in a US drone attack in 2009, he, along with his other relatives, sought shelter near the border region.
Although the identities of the remaining bodies could not be ascertained, locals of the Shegal area believe they were Afghan militants who had pledged allegiance to Daesh.