Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director – CommandEleven, spoke with Arab News on the recent drone strike that neutralized Mullah Fazlullah, the leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Khalid Mohammed, director of CommandEleven, an Islamabad-based security think tank, said: “The TTP Mehsuds, who started the terror group, will never accept a non-Mehsud as their leader, especially someone associated with… Fazalullah.”
Mohammed, who hails from the Swat Valley, added that Umar Rehman is unknown in his community.
Wali, 40, is seen as a contender. He was made deputy after the killing of Khalid Sajna in a drone strike, and was the TTP’s Karachi chief from June 2013 until May 2015.
He is author of the book “Inquilab-e-Mehsud,” in which he claimed to have assassinated former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
