By IANS | Posted 14-Jul-2016Islamabad: The US has confirmed the killing of the mastermind behind the December 2014 carnage at Peshawar's Army Public School in a drone strike in Afghanistan, Pakistani officials said. Mansour masterminded the December 16, 2014, attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar which killed 122 students and 22 teachers. According to Pakistan security officials, he was killed on July 9 in a US drone attack in the Bandar area of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, Dawn online reported. He was held responsible for the September 2015 attack on a Pakistan Air Force base in Peshawar’s Badaber area, which killed 29 people. Mansour belonged to Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) Tariq Geedar group and used to operate in Peshawar and adjoining Frontier Region Peshawar and Darra Adamkhel.

Source: Mid-Day July 14, 2016 03:11 UTC