{
  "id": 2755871,
  "title": "Former aide to Taliban commander Mullah Nazir group killed in Lower South Waziristan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/former-aide-to-taliban-commander-mullah-nazir-group-killed-in-lower-2755871",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T08:36:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2024750/former-aide-to-taliban-commander-mullah-nazir-group-killed-in-lower-south-waziristan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former aide to late Taliban commander Mullah Nazir was killed and another man injured by gunmen in Lower South Waziristan on Saturday evening, according to police and rescue officials. Muhammad Khalid, who previously served as an aide to Nazir’s group, was critically injured and died while being taken to a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan for further medical treatment. The second injured man received treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital in Wana. The motive behind the attack remains unclear, and police have not identified the gunmen involved. Mullah Nazir, an influential Taliban commander, had a peace agreement with the government in 2007 and was known to oppose attacks against government forces. He was targeted in a suicide attack in 2012 and killed in a US drone strike in 2013. The region has experienced a surge in terrorist activity in recent years, including attacks by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliated groups.",
  "summary": "PESHAWAR: A former aide to the late Taliban commander Mullah Nazir’s group was killed and another person injured by unidentified gunmen in the Doag area of Wana tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower South Waziristan, police and rescue officials said on Sunday. According to Wana Circle’s District Superintendent of Police (DSP) Asghar Ali Shah, Muhammad Khalid — a former aide to Mullah Nazir’s group…",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Former aide to Taliban commander Mullah Nazir group killed in Lower South Waziristan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/former-aide-to-taliban-commander-mullah-nazir-group-killed-in-lower",
        "published": "2026-08-23T08:36:35.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}