Top militant Umar Khalifa killed in US air strike in Afghanistan: Pentagon

The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that militant Umar Khalifa, a leader of the Tariq Gidar Group, was killed in a US air strike in Afghanistan.

Top militant Umar Khalifa, a leader of the Tariq Gidar Group, was killed along with four other fighters in a US air strike in Afghanistan targeting members of the Islamic State-Khorasan Province, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that militant Umar Khalifa, a leader of the Tariq Gidar Group, was killed in a US air strike in Afghanistan. (Shutterstock)

Pentagon spokesperson Peter Cook said Khalifa had orchestrated several operations in Pakistan, including the January 2016 attack on Bacha Khan University and a December 2014 school attack in Peshawar that killed more than 130 children.