The chief of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mullah Fazllulah has escaped a United States drone strike in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan that is close to the border of Pakistan, said officials.
According to Dawn News, intelligence sources said that at least five Pakistani and Afghan militants were killed near the border after the unmanned aircraft fired four missiles on a compound in Nazyan village in Afghanistan.
Sources said that Fazllulah had been in the area for over a day and the strike was aimed at the militant chief but he narrowly escaped.
However, the identities of the militants killed have not been ascertained as yet.
Fazlullah continued to live in Afghanistan after becoming the head of the TTP last year after the death of the former TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone strike.
