US kills Pakistani Taliban ‘master in electronics’ in drone strike

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US kills Pakistani Taliban ‘master in electronics’ in drone strike
By Bill Roggio | May 26, 2017


The Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP) has confirmed that the US killed two of its operatives in a drone strike in the tribal agency of North Waziristan earlier this week. The TTP announced today that it “retaliated” for the drone strike by attacking Pakistani forces.

The TTP wrote on its Telegram account that the US targeted “companions” of its emir for North Waziristan, commander Akhtar Muhammad Khalil, on May 24. Two of Khalil’s followers were killed in the attack. One of them was known as “Abdullah,” who “was a great master in electronics.”

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