Govt confirms Fateh's killing

PESHAWAR (AFP) - Pakistan said Saturday that a key Taliban commander in the Swat Valley and at least 20 suspected militants had been killed in an airstrike. Fateh Mohammad and the suspected militants were killed in Mohmand Agency on Friday, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.
Fateh was a senior commander in Swat where the military launched a massive offensive last April to drive out Taliban militants who had taken control of the area.
Malik could not confirm the killing of two other senior Taliban figures.
Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, the deputy chief of TTP and South Waziristan-based militant commander Qari Ziaur Rehman were also believed to have been hit.
Both of them were also present there yesterday and if they have survived the airstrike then it would be a miracle, Malik told reporters in Peshawar. I can only confirm their killing when their bodies would be found.