US drone strike kills Pakistan militant mastermind behind school attack that killed 150
Umar Narai who was also responsible for attacks on a university an and air force base was killed in Afghanistan
A Pakistani Taliban militant wanted for his role in a school massacre has died in a US drone strike in Afghanistan, Pakistani and American military officials said on Wednesday.
Umar Narai, also known as Umar Khalifa and Khalid Khurasani, died in Nangarhar province over the weekend, security officials from both countries said.
Narai “was killed along with four other enemy combatants in a US Forces-Afghanistan air strike targeting Islamic State-Khorasan Province members”, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement.
The United States designated the “Khorasan Province” – an affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group based in Afghanistan and Pakistan – as a terrorist organisation earlier this year.
US General John Nicholson called Pakistan’s army chief General Raheel Sharif to confirm Narai’s death, military spokesman Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa said on Twitter.