ISLAMABAD, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- A leading Pakistani militant leader, who was behind the 2009 attack on Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Lahore, has been killed in eastern Afghanistan, local media reports said on Sunday.
The attack on Sri Lankan cricket team had killed seven police officials, and injured seven players including senior Lankan cricketers.
Qari Ajmal, a leader of the banned sectarian "Lashkar-e-Jhangi," group was killed in a joint operation by the foreign and Afghan troops in Aurgon area of Paktika province that borders Pakistan, local media quoted the militants sources as saying.
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