Sajna Mehsud. Image from the TTP’s statement that announced his death.
Long War Journal: Pakistani Taliban confirms US killed deputy emir in North Waziristan drone strike
The TPP announced Sajna’s death in a statement released on its official Telegram account. According to the TTP, Sajna was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal agency of North Waziristan on Feb. 8.
The TTP statement cleared up a discrepancy from the initial reporting of his death. Pakistani officials claimed that Sajna was killed in a US strike in the Bermal district in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktika. However, unnamed Taliban officials stated that he was killed while traveling in a vehicle along with his nephew and two bodyguards in North Waziristan.
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