The US military killed Khalid Mehsud, known as Sajn, near the border with Afghanistan. His death should significantly weaken the Taliban. US military with the help of drones eliminated in Pakistan deputy leader of the terrorist organization Taliban Khalid Mehsud, RFE / RL reported.. A representative of the Pakistani Taliban said Mehsud, also known as Sajn, was killed on February 8 in the North Waziristan region near the border with Afghanistan. To eliminate it, US military deployed drones. Mehsud is the most important of the terrorists liquidated during the last year and a half. It is expected that his death will significantly weaken the Taliban. The head of the Pakistani Taliban Mullah Fazlullah appointed another field commander of Mufti Nur Vali as the new deputy leader of the grouping.

It is believed that Sajn took part in the attack on the Pakistani naval base in the city of Karachi in 2011, and was also attributed to the attack on the prison in the north-western city of Bannu in 2012. In Pakistan, the suicide bomber attacked the military: 11 people were killed. It was previously reported that as a result of the Taliban attack on the campus of the agricultural university in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, at least three people were killed and 13 injured.

Original article: Pakistan eliminated one of the Taliban leaders.