Taliban appoint next leader to be killed by Predator drone

The last two leaders of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Batiullah and brother Hakimullah Mehsud, where both killed by Predator drones in the past 6 months. Now the taliban have officially announced their next leader who will be killed by a Predator drone. Telegraph

Noor Jamal, who uses the nom de guerre Mullah Toofan, has reportedly been declared acting leader of the militants after Mehsud was mortally wounded in an American missile strike last month and is believed to have died.[...]

Villagers told one newspaper the commander "kills humans like one will kill chickens".

Mullah Toofan, aged in his early forties, has served the Taliban as a commander in the Orakzai and Kurrum tribal agencies.