Unidentified gunmen have killed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Sindh chapter chief Abdul Wahan Lark in Afghanistan.

Quoting Afghan media, a Dawn report said Lark was killed in Kandhar on Tuesday around 10:30am by two unidentified assailants. The report also quoted a counter-terrorism official confirming his death.

Lark, who had been previously associated with Usman Saifullah Kurd’s group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a sectarian outfit, joined the TTP in July or August 2020 and was leading its Sindh chapter. He was also known by multiple aliases, including Hakeem Ali Jan, Hakeem Saleh, Khushi Mohammad and Khanushi Badosh.

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Along with Lark, many other militants of LeJ, a sectarian outfit, joined the TTP in 2020. He had pledged allegiance to the group’s emir, Noor Wali Mehsud.

In 2020, the TTP announced that Lark had merged his LeJ faction with the group for reinforcing its operational capacity.

His name was included in the Red Book containing names of high-profile terrorists, an official was quoted as saying in the report.

Lark was reportedly involved in multiple attacks by the militant group. He was involved in a suicide attack on Shikarpur Imambargah that claimed 53 lives on January 30, 2015; as well as attacks on PAF Samungali Base, Quetta and Army Aviation Base Khalid on Aug 15, 2014.

The militant organisation member was involved in target killings of Shia Muslims, the report quoted the counter-terrorism official saying. Lark executed terrorist activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan and was currently planning to carry out suicide attacks in Karachi.

Last year, an agreement was reached between the TTP and the federal government for a month-long ceasefire. However, the militant group declined to extend the accord, accusing the officials of failing to honour the agreement reached between them in November.