Air Delivered event in Kabul, Kabul City area, Afghanistan on Thu 9th October 2025

On the night of October 9, Noor Wali Mehsud, leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was killed in a strike in Kabul, reports Amu TV. Two local residents said the strikes happened near Abdulhaq Square in downtown Kabul, though the exact location of the strikes remain unclear.Taliban chief spokesman confirmed the attacks, saying that they have started an investigation. Mehsud, who was born on June 26, 1978, in Gurguray, South Waziristan District, Pakistan, was one of Pakistan’s most wanted militant figures. He had led TTP since 2018, after the death of his predecessor Mullah Fazlullah, becoming the group’s fourth leader. He originally joined the Mehsud Taliban in 2003, a jihadi faction that emerged in Pakistan’s tribal region during the Taliban regime and was later absorbed into the TTP in 2007 under Baitullah Mehsud. By 2013, Mehsud had risen through the ranks to oversee TTP operations in Karachi, provincial capital of Sindh, where he commanded a network involved in extortion and kidnappings to finance militant activities across Pakistan.