LAHORE (Staff Report) – Following the reported killing of Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhter Mansour in a US drone strike near the Pak-Afghan border, hundreds of Pakistanis took to micro-blogging website Twitter to urge the United States to target Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan head Mullah Fazalullah as well.
Twitter users posted their messages online using hashtag #USMustDroneFazalUllahNow. The hashtag became the top trend on Pakistani Twitter for the day.
Related: Obama confirms Mullah Mansour’s killing, calls it important milestone towards peace in Afghanistan
Here are some selected tweets from the topic:
TTP/RAW/CIA/MI6/MOSSAD are many faces of one mirror named terrorism !#USMustDroneFazalUllahNow or stop faking war on terror !
— Aniqa Sheikh (@sheikh_aniqa) May 23, 2016
Double standard by US #USMustDroneFazalUllahNow pic.twitter.com/wAYLNasPez
— Ahmad Ali (@ahmadali300) May 23, 2016
US hypocrisy is threat to peace in world#USMustDroneFazalUllahNow ,if it is truly fighting war on terrorism pic.twitter.com/s3pIt9xiit
— Arosa Mughal (@ArosaMughal) May 23, 2016
Why cant US drones n NDS see Mullah Fazalullah killer of innocent children in Peshawar. #USMustDroneFazalUllahNow pic.twitter.com/7WsUXC9Si2
— Fatima Ali (@FatimaAli52) May 23, 2016
If US is serious in eliminating ISIS, they should also simultaneously target potential supports like TTP Fazlullah #USMustDroneFazalUllahNow
— Fatima Ali (@FatimaAli52) May 23, 2016
#USMustDroneFazalUllahNow
U.S. breaches our sovereignty to get a guy wanting peace talks
Doesn’t kill Fazlu while controlling Afghan skies— سبینا صدیقی (@sabena_siddiqi) May 23, 2016
#USMustDroneFazalUllahNow if Us is serious to find peace in #Afghanistan without killing #TTP no peace in both countries.
— Qendeel Iftikhar (@QendeelIftikhar) May 23, 2016
Nevr Attack TTP comndrs in #afghanistan only attack afghan Taliban in Pak #USMustDroneFazalUllahNow @JohnKerry pic.twitter.com/Mn7yKcCvNI
— Hadiya Shah (@hadiyashah1) May 23, 2016
#USMustDroneFazalUllahNow#Mansour
May Allah burn hypocrites in hell ! pic.twitter.com/gO9OssRWAk— javeria qureshi (@JaveriahQu) May 23, 2016
Fazalullah is hiding in Afghanistan from last 7 years when will USA Drone him ? #USMustDroneFazalUllahNow https://t.co/5s4HytfjNB.
— Ali Abdullah (@SnakeEaterPK) May 23, 2016
Mullah Fazaullah heads Pakistani chapter of Taliban, which has claimed a number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan including an assault on Malala Yousafzai and the 2014 Army Public School massacre in which over 140 children were killed.
Related: Afghanistan confirms death of Taliban chief Mullah Ahktar Mansoor
Pakistan’s army is currently carrying out an operation in the country’s tribal regions to clear the areas of Tehreek-e-Taliban. However, the top leadership of TTP is said to be hiding in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has time and again demanded Afghanistan to take action against TTP leadership and prevent usage of its soil for attacks on Pakistan.
Earlier in 2013, a US drone drone had targeted and killed former TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud, while he was busy in peace talks with Pakistani government.
The militant group declined every offer of talks following the killing of their commander.
