Senior Commander Of Pakistani Taliban Sheharyar Mehsud Killed In Mine Blast

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pre-eminent Pakistani Taliban commander and veteran combatant Sheharyar Mehsud was a permanent resident of South Waziristan Pakistan. 43 years old,  Sheharyar Mehsud was killed in Kunar province on Wednesday, when his vehicle caught by a roadside an improvised explosive device (IED). The death of slain Tehreek-i- Taliban Pakistan (TTP)  leader was acknowledged by Pakistani and Afghani officials. One of the immediate relatives of the slain leader of the Taliban said during the media interview that we can not confirm his death as Sheharyar Mehsud had migrated to Afghanistan a few years ago. But it is largely believed that he had migrated to Afghanistan during the days of Pakistani military successful anti-terrorist operation Zarb-i-Azb. Zarb E Azab which was officially initiated by Pakistan Army on 15th June 2014 and it has been a very successful operation so far. Pakistan has been the target of many terrorist organizations for a decade, different militant groups emerged during America’s War with Afghanistan. Pakistan, being an ally of NATO  in the war has to face different challenges from inside and outside of the country. Waziristan and KPK being near to the Afghan border had to face several attacks from different militant groups. The different militant groups that are fighting against the Pakistan armed forces are Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Jundallah, al-Qaeda, Haqqani network, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. The anti-terrorist operation was started after a terrorist attack on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. TTP took the responsibility of the attack. On June 14, 2018, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) supreme leader Mullah Fazlullah was killed in the US drone strike in Kunar, Afghanistan. He was a resident of Swat Valley. Sheharyar Mehsud and Mullah Fazlullah's Pakistani Taliban group brutally massacred over 150 school children and injured a hundred others in Army Public School in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on 16 December 2014. The assailants, all of whom were foreign nationals, included one Chechen, three Arabs, and two Afghans were killed after being shot by Pak army.