TTP commander killed in Tirah blast

Published August 25, 2014
— File photo
— File photo

PESHAWAR: A commander of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) was killed and two others were injured in a remote-controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in the Tirah valley of Khyber Agency.

Official sources said the blast that took place in the Mehrban Kalley area of Tirah killed the TTP commander who was popularly known as Khabare.

Sources said the TTP commander was the target.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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