New Delhi: The Pakistani Army claims they have killed Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah in a military operation. They have also confirmed the deaths of several other top militant commanders.
On Thursday, Pakistan put bounties on the heads of 21 top Taliban militants operating in the Swat Valley with radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah, the architect of uprising in Swat, heading the list with a reward of Rs 50 lakh.
The government drew up the 'rogue list' and published it alongwith their mugshots in all leading newspapers in the country, saying these terrorists were wanted "dead or alive" as its military operation gained ground in Swat.
Also on the rogue's list are Taliban's spokesman Muslim Khan and along with three other prominent Taliban faces in Swat -- Commander Qari Mushtaq, Mehmood Khan and Bukht Farzand -- each with a reward of Rs 30 lakh on their heads.
This is first time Pakistan government has moved to put these terrorist leaders, who all form part of Tehrik-e-Taliban, on the wanted list and it comes after Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that Thursday's bomb attack at ISI office in Lahore was a handiwork of these insurgents.
"People providing authentic information leading to the capture - dead or alive - of these individuals will receive a cash award," said a pictorial announcement by the government in all leading papers.
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