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Newshour: Pakistani Taliban Leader Killed in US Drone Strike, Officials say

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Pakistani Taliban Leader Killed in US Drone Strike, Officials say

15/06/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Pakistani Taliban Leader Killed in US Drone Strike, Officials say

Mullah Fazlullah, who claimed to order the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, has been killed

There are unconfirmed reports that Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in the operation.

The leader of Pakistan's Taliban armed group, Mullah Fazlullah, has been killed in neighbouring Afghanistan's Kunar province, the Afghan defence ministry said on Friday.

Also in the programme: China has promised to retaliate in kind if the United States imposes additional tariffs on its exports; and German Chancellor Angela Merkel has again stressed the need for Europe to work together to resolve the migration crisis.

Picture: Mullah Fazlullah (centre) at an undisclosed location at Pak-Afghan border in 2014. Credit: TTP via EPA.

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