In Afghanistan, as a result of the explosion, three leaders of the local Taliban unit died, reports the Down.
According to the publication, in the car, which was blown up on the road mine, was the head of the Pakistani Taliban Omar Khalid Khorasani, known as Abdul Vali Mokhmand. Also in the car were influential Islamists of Mufti Hassan and Hafiz Daulat Khan, who joined ISIS in 2014.
The publication notes that the dead leaders conducted negotiations with the authorities of Pakistan, but did not stop terrorist activities and organized terrorist attacks in a number of regions of the country.