Mastermind of 2014 Pakistan school attack dead in coalition drone strike

A militant leader who authorities say was responsible for an attack two years ago that killed more than 130 children at a Pakistani school was himself killed last weekend in a drone strike by U.S.-led coalition forces.

The Pakistani military said Wednesday that Khalifa Omar Mansour, a commander of the Pakistani Taliban, died in the strike Saturday in eastern Afghanistan. Taliban sources also reportedly confirmed Mansour's death.

The 37-year-old militant leader, who was also known by the aliases Umar Narai, Khalifa Umar and Khalid Khurasani, was in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, near its border with Pakistan, when he was caught up in the drone strike, officials said.

A U.S.-led coalition spokesperson confirmed that a counter-terrorism strike occurred Saturday, but would not discuss the details, NBC News reported....
 [upi.com]
13/7/16
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