Tehrik-i-Taliban Chief Maulana Fazlullah was killed by the US military forces in the drone strikes which was conducted by the US, officials have confirmed. Army lieutenant colonel Martin O’Donnell said that counterterrorism strikes were carried out on June 13 in Kunar province which lies close to Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
He had also conducted many other deadly attacks including December 2014 attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar that claimed lives of 151 people, out of which 130 were children. The man is also believed to have shot Malala Yousafzai.
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Further, Pentagon officials refused to comment on whether the strike was successful. The officials further said that Maulana Fazlullah had directed numerous high-profile attacks against the US and Pakistan.
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The US further underscored that it was Maulana Fazlullah who had ordered the 2012 attempted assassination of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai. The US Department for State offered a $5 million reward for Fazlullah in March soon after his son was killed in a US drone strike on TTP training facility. The official said the status of Fazlullah was unclear. Further, there was no confirmation, as of reporting time, from the TTP regarding the strike and reports of Fazlullah’s death.