TTP CHIEF NOOR WALI MEHSUD ‘KILLED IN DRONE ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN’: SOURCES

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

The chief of banned outfit Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, has reportedly killed in a drone attack in Afghanistan, citing sources, ARY News reported on Friday.

Sources told ARY News that Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, the leader of banned outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP), along with his bodyguard Inqalabi Mehsud were killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud was among key commanders of the banned outfit.

Mufti Mehsud was reportedly hiding somewhere in Afghanistan after the commencement of an operation in the tribal areas. Reliable Afghan sources have confirmed the killing of Mufti Mehsud.

The Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) Noor Wali Mehsud had been designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations (UN) on July 16, 2020.

He has been appointed as the new leader of outlawed TTP after the killing of former chief Mullah Fazlullah in a US drone strike in June 2018.

Under Noor Wali Mehsud’s leadership, Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) had claimed responsibility for numerous deadly terrorist attacks across Pakistan, including an attack targeting Pakistani security forces in North Waziristan in July 2019 and a bomb attack against Pakistani soldiers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in August 2019.

US forces had targeted Fazlullah in a counterterrorism strike on June 14 in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province, close to the border with Pakistan.

US officials had not confirmed whether the strike was successful. However, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had confirmed the killing to then Caretaker Prime Minister Nasir-ul-Mulk and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa in phone calls.

TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud 'killed in drone attack in Afghanistan': sources

The chief of banned outfit Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, has reportedly killed in a drone attack in Afghanistan, citing

arynews.tv

 

[PanzerKiel]

i wonder whose drone was it!!

i wonder whose drone was it!!

....since gentlemen, we shouldnt forget our recent F-16 bombing on TTP targets in Afghanistan....so....
....just an educated guess of mine......

 

[maverick1977]

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The chief of banned outfit Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, has reportedly killed in a drone attack in Afghanistan, citing sources, ARY News reported on Friday.

Sources told ARY News that Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, the leader of banned outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP), along with his bodyguard Inqalabi Mehsud were killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud was among key commanders of the banned outfit.

Mufti Mehsud was reportedly hiding somewhere in Afghanistan after the commencement of an operation in the tribal areas. Reliable Afghan sources have confirmed the killing of Mufti Mehsud.

The Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) Noor Wali Mehsud had been designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations (UN) on July 16, 2020.

He has been appointed as the new leader of outlawed TTP after the killing of former chief Mullah Fazlullah in a US drone strike in June 2018.

Under Noor Wali Mehsud’s leadership, Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) had claimed responsibility for numerous deadly terrorist attacks across Pakistan, including an attack targeting Pakistani security forces in North Waziristan in July 2019 and a bomb attack against Pakistani soldiers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in August 2019.

US forces had targeted Fazlullah in a counterterrorism strike on June 14 in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province, close to the border with Pakistan.

US officials had not confirmed whether the strike was successful. However, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had confirmed the killing to then Caretaker Prime Minister Nasir-ul-Mulk and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa in phone calls.

TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud 'killed in drone attack in Afghanistan': sources

The chief of banned outfit Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, has reportedly killed in a drone attack in Afghanistan, citing

arynews.tv

This is cleaning up your helpers when u dont need them can we say that this miight be the same pattern exhibited here like saddam and osama

 

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

we shouldnt forget our recent F-16 bombing on TTP targets in Afghanistan.

Mashallah, I am very proud of our Armed Forces.

 

[Akatosh]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1408411260253884425

Also Ary news should have known Inqilabi Mehsud is not the name of his bodyguard but the name of a book written by him.
From that paragraph itself, it is easy to discern this article is not reliable.

 

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1408411260253884425

Also Ary news should have known Inqilabi Mehsud is not the name of his bodyguard but the name of a book written by him.

Because there is not much left of him.

 

[Sifar zero]

i wonder whose drone was it!!

....since gentlemen, we shouldnt forget our recent F-16 bombing on TTP targets in Afghanistan....so....
....just an educated guess of mine......

Really when????????????
Please tell me that you are not lying.
And some extra info if you can.

 

[Sifar zero]

WTH????

https://twitter.com/x/status/1408421640216719365

 

[PanzerKiel]

WTH????

https://twitter.com/x/status/1408421640216719365

...and the plot thickens!

 

[Vapnope]

WTH????

https://twitter.com/x/status/1408421640216719365

Yar mehman aya tha, chai pilaye bgair hum ksii ko jany ni dete

 

[Sifar zero]

...and the plot thickens!

Can you confirm whether this fake or not?

 

[Trango Towers]

This is cleaning up your helpers when u dont need them can we say that this miight be the same pattern exhibited here like saddam and osama

Are you upset that one of yours got spit roasted

 

[PanzerKiel]

Can you confirm whether this fake or not?

I'll always say that it could be fake as well......but am sure am enjoying every bit of it...

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Not unless you are planning to hide him in your basement in Abbottabad

only if i fancy fucking his goats before eating them.

and I find such thought repulsive

 

[JamD]

DISCLAIMER: I am not claiming knowledge of these things. I am using publicly available data to see a pattern. I have documented drone strikes during the past year. Of note are the sets of strikes (4,5,6,7,8,9), (13,14), and (16,17).

In all two of three sets there is a pattern:
First, someone from the Haqqani Network is targeted very close to or inside Pakistan.
Second, almost immediately (within a day) someone from TTP is targeted on the Afghan side. Both of these times the targets have been rather important TTP commanders. Namely, Khorasani, and Sajna.

I am not usually who likes to speculate things like this but it seems very unlikely that USA is trying appease us by doing "complimentary strikes" on TTP, especially when the rhetoric coming out of the current administration is so harsh. Secondly, it seems the Pakistani side has been taking a stronger stand on drone strikes (an example of this is the statement by the Air Chief).

I am SPECULATING that we have decided to cross a line we hadn't crossed before (at least not so obviously). Every time there's a drone strike on the Haqqani Network on the Pakistani side, there's a "payback strike" on an important TTP commander on the Afghan Side. It would appear we always had the intelligence, and we did go and touch them physically when we could, but now we just send a drone if the target is in the border region. This has the following benefits:
- Deniability: No one is saying Pakistani drone strikes. Everyone will assume they are CIA strikes.
- Reduced Risk: No risk of endangering our operatives.
- Messaging: Send a message to the other side that we see you too, and can undermine your position too.
- Proportionate Response: This is the only reasonable response to a drone strike because you can't shoot down a US drone for a variety of reasons (they usually remain in Afghan Airspace, and could elicit a stronger US response if shot down)


I would love to read everyone's opinions on this. I wonder if I am putting too much faith in our ability lol.


Drone Strikes listed in chronological order (near Durrand Line):

1. April 27, 2017 (Pakistan, North-Wazirstan)
Target: TTP
https://www.dawn.com/news/1329594

2. June 13, 2017 (Pakistan, Hangu)
Target: Haqqani Network
https://www.dawn.com/news/1339293

3. September 15, 2017 (Pakistan, Ghuz Garhi)
Target: Haqqani Network
https://www.dawn.com/news/1357853
https://www.dawn.com/news/1358039

4. October 16, 2017 (Pakistan, Kurram Agency)
Target: Haqqani Network
https://www.dawn.com/news/1364209
ISPR denies this happened on Pakistani side.

5. October 16, 2017 (Afghanistan, Patkia)
Target: Unknown – no casualties
https://www.dawn.com/news/1364426

6. October 17, 2017 (Afghanistan, Shpola/ Pakistan, Ghuz Garhi: Disputed)
Target: Haqqani Network
https://www.dawn.com/news/1364400
https://www.dawn.com/news/1364314

7. October 18, 2017 (Afghanistan, Paktia)
Target: JuA (Umar Khalid Khorasani)
https://www.dawn.com/news/1364510

8. October 19, 2017 (Afghanistan, Paktia)
Target: Unknown
https://www.dawn.com/news/1364833

9. October 20, 2017 (Afghanistan, Jawar Ser)
Target: Unknown
https://www.dawn.com/news/1365061

10. November 30, 2017 (Afghanistan, Patan)
Target: Haqqani Network
https://www.dawn.com/news/1373844

11. December 19, 2017 (Pakistan, Mata Sangar)
Target: TTP
https://www.dawn.com/news/1377496

12. December 26, 2017 (Pakistan, Mata Sangar)
Target: Unknown
https://www.dawn.com/news/1378954
https://www.dawn.com/news/1379121

13. January 17, 2018 (Pakistan, Badshah Kot)
Target: Unknown
https://www.dawn.com/news/1383516

14. January 17, 2018 (Afghanistan, Khani Kila)
Target: Unkown
https://www.dawn.com/news/1383516

15. January 24, 2018 (Pakistan, Speen Thal Dapa Mamozai)
Target: Haqqani Network
https://www.dawn.com/news/1384978

16. February 09, 2018 (Pakistan, Gorwek)
Target: Haqqani Network
https://www.dawn.com/news/1388283

17. February 09, 2018 (Afghanistan, Kharh Tangi)
Target: TTP (Khan Said Sajna)
https://www.dawn.com/news/1388361

I am of the opinion strikes are already happening:

Here's some wild speculation:
We will see a lot of drone strikes over Afghanistan post 9/11/2021 (conducted by Pakistani drones, but never officially acknowledged of course). Reason being the absence of NATO/US, and the strong desire to quickly neutralize TTP assets across the border who will undoubtedly be planning massive regrouping as soon as the US leaves.

Considering our interests in Afghanistan (preventing anti-Pakistan groups from basing themselves there), what can be/is our (realistic) counter offer?

I have been saying this for a while: Pakistan probably has a plan to knock out a lot of folks using drones once the pullout happens.

I've been saying this for a while.