A senior commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was gunned down and his companion injured after unknown men ambushed his vehicle in Northwest Pakistan on Friday, official sources said.
Arif Kaka was the commander of the TTP, Darra Adam Khel, a place 35 km south of Peshawar.
Darra Adam Khel, a town known for gun manufacturing, is a semi tribal area which recently merged with the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The assailants ambushed the car of TTP Commander near Shenai Kalay. The Khasadar force cordoned off the entire area and started a search operation, the source said.
In a similar case, a senior leader of a banned Sunni extremist group was gunned down along with his body guard by unidentified men in Peshawar on Thursday.
Ismail Derwish and his body guard were travelling in a car when the attackers opened fire at them in Peshawar's Chairman Daftar area, the Express Tribune reported.