Khaama Press: According to the local media reports in Pakistan, the senior Taliban leader, Mawlawi Mohammad Alam was shot dead by gunmen close to Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. The incident took place on Thursday evening in Kuchlak area located around 25 kilometres from the provincial capital. Mawlawi Alam was a senior leader of the Taliban group and was a loyal commander to the newly-appointed Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. Click here to read more (external link).