On January 10, a senior security official confirmed that Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader, Khalid Balti alias Mohammad Khurasani, was killed in Nangarhar Province, reports Dawn. Details on the circumstances surrounding the killing were not clear. However, a spokesman for the Afghan government denied the killing of the senior TTP member and said that no such incident had taken place. "I do not confirm these reports. They are not true. No such incident has taken place on this (Afghan) side," Afghan government spokesperson Bilal Karimi told Dawn.com.