Friday, June 15, 2018

US strike kills Pakistani Taliban leader

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.

US correspondent Mary MacCarthy has more:

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