Lashkar top commander Sheikh Yusuf Afridi shot dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by unidentified gunmen

No group claims responsibility as investigators chase a bigger link

A top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander and close associate of Hafiz Saeed, Sheikh Yusuf Afridi, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. No organization has claimed responsibility so far. Security agencies are investigating the killing, adding to a pattern of targeted attacks on senior terror figures across the region.