A US drone strike has killed a Pakistani Taliban leader, on the Afghan side of the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
He was the leader of a group that's separate from the Afghan Taliban, which the US has been battling since 2011 but with which it agreed to a ceasefire this month.
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He was the leader of a group that's separate from the Afghan Taliban, which the US has been battling since 2011 but with which it agreed to a ceasefire this month.
US correspondent Mary MacCarthy has more:
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