Unidentified armed individuals have assassinated two field commanders of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) named Mullah Chamtu Waziristani and Rasool Khan Gujjar, also known as Maulvi Zubair, in separate operations in the southeastern provinces of Khost and Nangarhar in Afghanistan.
Militants led by Pakistani Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud launched a heavy attack on the border area of Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Unidentified gunmen assassinated Qari Mohammad Dawezi, most important field commander in the city of Sharan located in the center of Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan.
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is the title of a terrorist group in the tribal areas of Pakistan that has been confronting the government of the country since December 2007. The terrorist group has close ties with various groups from Al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
