A 36-year old father of three, Umar Mansoor alias Dera Khan, reportedly masterminded the Dec. 16 Peshawar school attack.
According to Dawn, a video posted on Thursday on a website used by the Taliban shows a man with a luxuriant chest-length beard, holding an admonishing finger aloft as he seeks to justify the Dec. 16 attack. The caption identified him as Umar Mansoor.
Mansoor said in the video that the groups would fight the army using their own style of attack, adding that it will take revenge on innocents.
The father of two daughters and a son, Mansoor has been described as the “amir”, or leader, of Peshawar and nearby Darra Adam Khel in the Taliban video.
Other commanders have reportedly revealed that the man is strongly opposed to the idea of holding peace talks with the Pakistan government .
At least 141 people, including 132 children were gunned down in Pakistan on Dec 16 when six Taliban terrorists attacked an army-run School in Peshawar.
—ANI