The former chief of the militant Islamic State-Khurasan, Aslam Farooqi, was killed during a shootout in northern Afghanistan.
There are conflicting reports about the death of the militant commander.
Reportedly, the militant leader, who hailed from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Orakzai district Pakistan, was killed during an investigation against organised kidnappers and criminal mafia. The investigation resulted in a clash and Farooqi, along with his aides, was killed as a result.
However, sources suggest that the IS-K leader was killed as a result of an internal dispute within the militant organisation also known as Daesh,
A senior IS-K official from Orakzai said the body of the militant commander will be shifted to his hometown by Tuesday.
(IInputs Tribune Pakistan)
