Mullah Fazlullah hiding in Afghanistan, US officials confirm
Posted by Ngo jobs
on Thursday 8 November 2012
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US officials have confirmed that notorious Mullah
Fazlullah, a commander of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, is hiding in
Afghanistan, The Washington Post (WP) reported on Wednesday.
Fazlullah was reportedly behind the attack on teenage child rights activist Malala Yousufzai.
Citing unnamed US officials, the WP report stated that the Taliban
leader has escaped retribution by hiding in a section of eastern
Afghanistan where the US forces are present but focused on other
targets.
“Finding Fazlullah is not a priority because he is not affiliated with al Qaeda or with insurgents targeting US
and Afghan interests”, the officials said as per the report.
“Our guys just aren’t tracking him,” a senior Special Operations
official said. “He is viewed as an ‘other-side-of-the-border’ problem.”
Malala was attacked by Taliban gunmen on October 9, when she was
returning home from school. She was shifted to the UK for medical
treatment.
Pakistan has repeatedly asked the US to hunt down Fazlullah, even
handing over a dossier on him to authorities, but scant action has been
taken.
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