*KARACHI: *
A senior commander of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)link was killed by rivals from within the terrorfranchise in southern Afghanistan linkSaturday, sources told *The Express Tribune*.
The killing of Mufti Khalid, a member of the TTP Afghanistan Shura, signalsgrowing fissures and a debilitating tug of war within the umbrella ofterror outfits responsible for most terror attacks in Pakistan.
Mufti Khalid, who hailed from Bunar district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, wastargeted while he was travelling from Kunar to Nangarhar province ofAfghanistan to attend a TTP Shura meeting, according to the sources.
Mufti Khalid stole the media spotlight after he was nominated on a TTPcommittee to negotiate with the K-P government and security forces onimplementation of Islamic Shariah in Malakand division.
Later Mullah Fazlullah, who unleashed a reign of terror in Swat district ofK-P for the implementation of his obscurantist ideology, named Mufti Khalidas his top political lieutenant.
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Mufti Khalid, however, fled to Afghanistan after Mullah Fazlullah and hisloyalists were routed in a military operation in Swat in 2009. He mostlystayed in Nangarhar and was considered by the TTP as an important conduitwith the spy agencies of India and Afghanistan.
Sources said the two spy agencies funneled funds and conveyed instructionsto their proxies in Afghanistan and Pakistan through Mufti Khalid.Previously, he was the administrator of a TTP training camp where he hadmasterminded some of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani politicians andsecurity forces in Malakand Division.
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