Pakistan’s drone strike on TTP leader flops as missile fails to explode

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It was the first drone strike from the Pakistani side inside Afghanistan since the Taliban captured power in August. The target was the deputy leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) Maulvi Faqir Mohammad who was released from an Afghanistan prison after the Taliban captured Kabul.</p>
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According to a report by Reuters, the missile fired by a drone failed to explode after hitting the targeted house. Interestingly, a Taliban official had warned the TTP leader Faqir Mohammad about the imminent attack.</p>
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“It was 3:30 in the morning on Friday when a drone suddenly appeared in the sky. We got worried and advised Maulvi Faqir to go to a safe place, first he refused but then he agreed to go to a safe place, ” the Taliban official told Reuters  on condition of anonymity.</p>
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The report says  that within a few minutes the missile struck but failed to explode. Maulvi Faqir and his bodyguards were just 3-4 meters away but “luckily the missile did not explode and he and another person remained safe,” said the Taliban official.</p>
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Hundreds of TTP militants including Maulvi Faqir Mohammad along with other key commanders wanted by Pakistan, were freed in various prison breaks in Afghanistan especially from Bagram Prison & Pul-e-Charkhi Prison by the Taliban on August 15.</p>
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