Top Pak Taliban Commander Escapes Suspected Drone Strike: Report
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Two TTP sources told AFP that Pak Taliban leader Maulvi Faqir Mohammad was the target of what they described as a drone strike.
A top leader of the Pakistan Taliban escaped unhurt from a suspected drone strike on a safe house in eastern Afghanistan, the terrorist group said Friday.
The strike on Thursday evening came a week after a ceasefire between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the government collapsed, with terrorists accusing Islamabad of killing its fighters.
The TTP -- a separate movement but sharing common roots with Afghanistan's new leaders -- plunged Pakistan into a period of horrific violence after forming in 2007.
Two TTP sources currently in Afghanistan told news agency AFP that Maulvi Faqir Mohammad was the target of what they described as a drone strike on a compound in Chawgam village, in the eastern province of Kunar bordering Pakistan.
