Unidentified gunmen have killed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Sindh chapterchief Abdul Wahan Lark in Afghanistan.
Quoting Afghan media, a *Dawn* reportlinkLark was killed in Kandhar on Tuesday around 10:30am by two unidentifiedassailants. The report also quoted a counter-terrorism official confirminghis death.
Lark, who had been previously associated with Usman Saifullah Kurd’s groupLashkar-e-Jhangvi, a sectarian outfit, joined the TTP in July or August2020 and was leading its Sindh chapter. He was also known by multiplealiases, including Hakeem Ali Jan, Hakeem Saleh, Khushi Mohammad andKhanushi Badosh.
Along with Lark, many other militants of LeJ, a sectarian outfit, joinedthe TTP in 2020. He had pledged allegiance to the group’s emir, Noor WaliMehsud.
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In 2020, the TTP announced that Lark had merged his LeJ faction with thegroup for reinforcing its operational capacity.
His name was included in the Red Book containing names of high-profileterrorists, an official was quoted as saying in the report.
