Senior Jamaat ul-Ahrar militant commander shot dead in Paktika

A senior commander of Jamaat ul-Ahrar (JuA), a banned outfit in Pakistan, was shot dead by unknown assailants in the eastern Paktika province on Friday.

Mohammad Duadzai, known as the Karachi chief of (JuA), was gunned down in the province’s Sharana city and was allegedly behind some of the deadliest attacks, target killings, and extortions in recent years, the Pakistani Express Tribune newspaper said.