Reports about Fazlullah’s death not confirmed

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PESHAWAR: Security officials in Peshawar said on Monday night there was no confirmation of the death of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Mullah Fazlullah in a drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province as reported by some TV channels quoting a Dubai newspaper.

“We are trying to verify these reports,” a senior security official said. “The last we heard about him was that he was in Kunar and not in Nangarhar,” the official said.

Published in Dawn, January 26th, 2016

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Sunil

Jan 26, 2016 10:48am

A very notorious man, Fazlullah, who has no love for humanity.

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Ashis

Jan 26, 2016 12:25pm

Biggest problem is the culture they are brought up with.

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Fahd

Jan 26, 2016 02:33pm

devils live longer. cant understand the nature's principles

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Zak

Jan 26, 2016 03:10pm

Get him anywhere, anyhow. Put him to rest forever.

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alfatmi

Jan 26, 2016 03:37pm

This is just a rumour.

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samin ahmed

Jan 26, 2016 04:00pm

pakistan's armed drones are more accurate and its intelligence is better than US drones or intelligence. Why in the world we do not use our own drones to eliminate these murderers and save our civilians from death and destruction. are our drones just to be a show piece?

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Pragmatic Pakistani

Jan 26, 2016 04:08pm

If it is true we are grateful to US for taking out this menace

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Inqelab Zindabad

Jan 26, 2016 04:17pm

@samin ahmed Very good question

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Malik

Jan 26, 2016 04:24pm

@Ashis No Mr. Ashis, the biggest problem is your country India funding and supporting and supplying and creating monsters like these to destabilize Pakistan.

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Iftikhar Husain

Jan 26, 2016 05:06pm

If this report is correct there should be a celebration in Pakistan.

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ali sikandar chachar

Jan 26, 2016 06:43pm

It is very strange that USA is eliminating terrorists along with innocent people of Pakistan through drone attacks inside Pakistan. But most wanted terrorist mullah Fazalulallah is still beyond reach of USA.

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Aro

Jan 26, 2016 08:25pm

@Ashis Its not the culture but the ideology with which they are brain washed

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Cyrus

Jan 27, 2016 03:56am

@samin ahmed .... Pakistan's intelligence is not superior to US intelligence. Pakistan does not manufacture armed drones and the US has given none to the Pak military. Pakistan has no scientifically equipped satellites in space like Aqua and Terra. Pakistan is also dependent on the American NSA to trace the terrorists' mobile phone calls. American satellites can read the license plate on your car and see what kind of shoes you are wearing.

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