[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to a report from Pakistan's Geo TV station on the 8th, Pakistani Taliban (Bata) leader Omar Khalid Khorasani was killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan.
According to reports, an explosion occurred on the evening of the 7th in Afghanistan's Paktika province, which is close to the Pakistani border, killing many people in a car, including Khorasani and two other senior members of Bata.
The cause of the explosion is not yet clear. There are reports that the cause of the explosion was a landmine buried on the side of the road, and there are also reports that someone took the initiative to detonate a roadside bomb.
Former Bata spokesman Ehsan confirmed Khorasani's death on Twitter on the 8th.
Khorasani is from the former "Federal Tribal Area" of Pakistan near the border of Afghanistan. He represents the core support force of Bata, masters the strongest armed force of Bata, and has been active in the border area of Afghanistan and Pakistan for a long time.
The main demand of the Khorasani faction is to establish an independent regime in the "Federal Tribal Areas", which is considered to be the biggest obstacle to the peace talks between the Pakistani government and Bata.
(Cheng Shijie)