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TTP commander Umar Khalid Khorasani injured in Afghanistan

by SANA
PESHAWAR: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Mohmand faction Chief, and patron of TTP-Jamatul Ahrar (TTP-JA) Umar Khalid Khorasani has suffered serious injuries in a clash with Afghan National Army and coalition security forces in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.

 
According to a private TV channel former Pakistani Taliban spokesperson, and Khorasani’s close aide, Ehsanullah Ehsan confirmed that the TTP Mohmand chief was injured in a clash with the Afghan security forces.
While some independent sources said that Khorasani had been injured on Sunday, Ehsan said he was injured two weeks back, and was now recovering.

One of the founding members of the TTP, Khorasani (aka Abdul Wali) is a former journalist from Mohmand Agency. Within organisational circles he is known as a formidable military commander. He was also given additional charge of the Khyber agency chapter for a brief period where he orchestrated a bloody campaign against government-backed lashkars.
Climbing up in the ranks to Mohmand agency chief, he was later ousted from the TTP for forming the splinter group Jamatul Ahrar. Khorasani had been a key player in the recent splintering of the TTP.
Separately, a drone strike in the Achina area of Nazayan in Nigrahar province of Afghanistan left at least three militants dead and many others injured.

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