Maulana Faqir Muhammad, the Deputy Emir of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, has been killed along with eight other Taliban militants, according to a report in the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Khabrain.According to the report, the Pakistani officials confirmed that Maulana Faqir Muhammad was killed during the fighting between the Taliban and the Pakistani security forces in the tribal district of Bajaur Agency.
Big news if true....Muhammad is friend and protector of Ayman Zawahiri.