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16 Dec, 4 tweets, 4 min read
Unconfirmed:
A drone strike targeted former #TTP deputy leader, Mawlawi Faqir Mohammad, in #Kunar, #AFG today.
There are conflicting news about Faqir Mohammad's fate. Some sources said earlier that he was killed in the attack, but Tribal News just reported that he escaped unhurt.
Mawlawi Faqir Mohammad Bajauri was captured by AFG security forces in #Afghanistan in February 2013 & released by the #Taliban in August 2021, after they took over Kabul.
On 17 August, #TTP confirmed that Faqir Mohammad was released alongside some other group members from prison.
Some details about today's airstrike in Kunar from @bsarwary:
A #drone strike hit a house just inside #AFG's border with #Pakistan, but the missile failed to explode.
“It was around 3:30 when a drone suddenly appeared in the sky. We got worried& advised #Faqir to go to a safe place but he refused,” #TTP sources said.
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