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TTP kills Asian Tigers chief for Khawajas murder
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has killed the main chief of the banned militant group, the Asian Tigers, in North Waziristan, a private TV channel reported on Sunday.
According to details, the body of Sabir Mehsud was found early morning in the main market of the Razmuk area in North Waziristan.
A letter, stating that Mehsud was the leader of the Asian Tigers, and the TTP had killed him, along with two other aides after kidnapping them, was discovered from the body.
The letter also revealed that the Asian Tigers had abducted and killed former Inter-Services Intelligence official Khalid Khawaja in March, and the TTP had taken revenge of his murder by killing the Asian Tigers chief.
Taliban kill Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami chief
By Mushtaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR: Taliban fighters in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Sunday killed three militants, involved in the killing of Usman Punjabi or Mohammad Omar, a purported leader of the Asian Tigers that had kidnapped Khalid Khawaja, Col Imam and journalist Assad Qureshi.
Two of the slain men were said to be Mahsud militants and the third one from the Punjab province. One of them was identified as Abidullah Mansoor in the militant circles. He used to call himself ameer of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami. The names of the two other men could not be ascertained.
Their bullet-riddled bodies were found on the Miramshah-Dattakhel Road, three kilometers west of Miramshah on Sunday morning. Eyewitnesses said the bodies were disfigured due to excessive firing by the killers. It was on Sunday afternoon when some tribesmen came there and shifted the bodies for burial.
Tribal sources said a group of armed men had kidnapped the three from their office at the Miramshah bazaar on Saturday afternoon and shifted them to a secret location. A paper was also recovered from their bodies in which the three had been accused of kidnapping two former ISI officials, Squadron Leader (retd) Khalid Khwaja and Col (retd) Ameer Sultan Tarar, known as Col Imam, along with journalist and documentary-maker Assad Qureshi and his personal servant Rustam Khan.
No militant organisation has claimed responsibility for their execution, but the paper was reportedly written on the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) letterhead.The three slain militants were also accused of killing six militants, including a spokesman for the Punjabi Taliban, who was known as Usman Punjabi or Mohammad Omar, on August 28 at Danday Darpakhel village near Miramshah. Usman Punjabi and Sabir Mahsud were considered close friends and had formed the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami in North Waziristan.
It were Usman Punjabi and Abidullah Mansoor who had invited Khalid Khwaja, Col Imam and Assad Qureshi to North Waziristan to help them in a documentary on Taliban and victims of the US drone attacks there.
They kidnapped them upon their arrival in Mir Ali, the second major town in North Waziristan, on March 26 and accused them of working for secret agencies. Khalid Khwaja was subsequently executed and his body thrown on roadside near Mir Ali while Assad Qureshi was released recently. Col Imam is still in captivity.
The sources said three other militants reportedly affiliated with Abidullah Mansoor were also kidnapped from Mir Ali on Sunday. Abidullah Mansoor was earlier associated with the TTP but was expelled by Hakimullah Mahsud from the outfit for disobeying his orders.
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has killed the main chief of the banned militant group, the Asian Tigers, in North Waziristan, a private TV channel reported on Sunday.
According to details, the body of Sabir Mehsud was found early morning in the main market of the Razmuk area in North Waziristan.
A letter, stating that Mehsud was the leader of the Asian Tigers, and the TTP had killed him, along with two other aides after kidnapping them, was discovered from the body.
The letter also revealed that the Asian Tigers had abducted and killed former Inter-Services Intelligence official Khalid Khawaja in March, and the TTP had taken revenge of his murder by killing the Asian Tigers chief.
Taliban kill Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami chief
By Mushtaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR: Taliban fighters in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Sunday killed three militants, involved in the killing of Usman Punjabi or Mohammad Omar, a purported leader of the Asian Tigers that had kidnapped Khalid Khawaja, Col Imam and journalist Assad Qureshi.
Two of the slain men were said to be Mahsud militants and the third one from the Punjab province. One of them was identified as Abidullah Mansoor in the militant circles. He used to call himself ameer of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami. The names of the two other men could not be ascertained.
Their bullet-riddled bodies were found on the Miramshah-Dattakhel Road, three kilometers west of Miramshah on Sunday morning. Eyewitnesses said the bodies were disfigured due to excessive firing by the killers. It was on Sunday afternoon when some tribesmen came there and shifted the bodies for burial.
Tribal sources said a group of armed men had kidnapped the three from their office at the Miramshah bazaar on Saturday afternoon and shifted them to a secret location. A paper was also recovered from their bodies in which the three had been accused of kidnapping two former ISI officials, Squadron Leader (retd) Khalid Khwaja and Col (retd) Ameer Sultan Tarar, known as Col Imam, along with journalist and documentary-maker Assad Qureshi and his personal servant Rustam Khan.
No militant organisation has claimed responsibility for their execution, but the paper was reportedly written on the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) letterhead.The three slain militants were also accused of killing six militants, including a spokesman for the Punjabi Taliban, who was known as Usman Punjabi or Mohammad Omar, on August 28 at Danday Darpakhel village near Miramshah. Usman Punjabi and Sabir Mahsud were considered close friends and had formed the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami in North Waziristan.
It were Usman Punjabi and Abidullah Mansoor who had invited Khalid Khwaja, Col Imam and Assad Qureshi to North Waziristan to help them in a documentary on Taliban and victims of the US drone attacks there.
They kidnapped them upon their arrival in Mir Ali, the second major town in North Waziristan, on March 26 and accused them of working for secret agencies. Khalid Khwaja was subsequently executed and his body thrown on roadside near Mir Ali while Assad Qureshi was released recently. Col Imam is still in captivity.
The sources said three other militants reportedly affiliated with Abidullah Mansoor were also kidnapped from Mir Ali on Sunday. Abidullah Mansoor was earlier associated with the TTP but was expelled by Hakimullah Mahsud from the outfit for disobeying his orders.
