TTP Leader Killed
Senior leader of banned TTP killed in Afghanistan
Islamabad: A senior leader of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) outfit Khalid Balti alias Mohammad Khurasani has been killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, media reports said on Tuesday.
A security official told Dawn News that Balti, aged around 50, had also been the banned outfit's spokesperson and was involved in several attacks on the people and security forces of Pakistan.
He (Balti) had been visiting Kabul frequently since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the official added.
A spokesman for the Afghan government denied the killing of the senior TTP member and said that no such incident had taken place.
"I do not confirm these reports. They are not true. No such incident has taken place on this (Afghan) side," Afghan government spokesperson Bilal Karimi told Dawn.com when asked for a comment on Balti's killing.
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