KABUL – US has started to target the anti Pakistan terrorists on Afghansoil in order to redress the long standing demand of Pakistan.
A top leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) having links with theAl Qaeda terrorist network was killed in a US airstrike in southeasternPaktika province of Afghanistan.
“A U.S. airstrike killed a Tehrik-e Taliban (TTP) deputy commander and AlQaeda facilitator named Rehan in Bermal district, Paktika province, Feb.22, Khaama Press has reported.
Rehan is the second significant TTP deputy commander killed in Paktika thisyear. Sanja Meshoud was killed by a U.S. airstrike on Jan. 27 in Bermal,Paktika,” according to a statement by the coalition forces.
The statement further added that “As TTP deputy commanders, Rehan andMeshoud yielded influence within Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda provides funding to theTTP. The TTP, in turn, facilitate Al Qaeda travel and operations in theregion.
The removal of Rehan and Meshoud degrades Al Qaeda’s ability to fund anddirect TTP and other violent extremists throughout Paktika and thesurrounding areas.”
According to the statement, U.S. and Afghan air strikes continue todemonstrate the collective will of the international community to fightterrorism in Afghanistan.
The anti-government armed militant and terrorist groups have not commentedregarding the report so far.
This comes as deputy TTP leader Khan Syed Sajna was killed in a similarairstrike in Southeast of Afghanistan late last month.