U.S. drone kills architect of some of Pakistan's deadliest attacks


ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan led to the death on Thursday of Omar Khalid Khorasani, leader of the Pakistani militant group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar that has carried out some of the country's deadliest bombings in the past two years.

A look at some of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar's recent attacks, responsible for the deaths of nearly 250 Pakistanis:

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