Pakistan Taliban leader killed by US drone in Afghanistan

Omar Khalid Khorasani, the leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (TTP JuA) which is a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, has been killed by a US drone in Afghanistan. Nine other militants were killed alongside him, the group's spokesman said. The group had pledged allegiance to ISIS in 2014 but had rejoined the Pakistani Taliban a year later.