Islamabad, July 02: Maulana Fazlullah, the commander of the Pakistani Taliban, is reported to have died from injuries sustained during the ongoing military offensive by Pakistani forces.
Pakistani news channel Express 24/7 has reported that Fazlullah, also known as Radio Mullah, may have died of his injuries.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik too has confirmed that Fazlullah, a leader of the Tehrik-E-Taliban, was hit and seriously injured. He told the BBC that while most Taliban leaders were in hiding because of the military action, the authorities would “bring them out of their hideouts”.
More than 200 people have also been wounded in fighting between the Taliban and Pakistani forces in the last 16 days.
–Agencies