Lashkar commander killed in Pakistan

Sheikh Yusuf Afridi, a senior commander of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was killed by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Afridi was a close aide to the group's founder, Hafiz Saeed, and was reportedly involved in recruiting for ISIS from the Khyber region. The assassination highlights internal militant rivalries and security challenges within Pakistan's volatile border areas. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.