The leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Mullah Fazlullah, who masterminded the massacre of 148 people including schoolchildren, was reportedly killed in an air strike in Afghanistan on Saturday.

Pakistan officials said Fazlullah was killed during a joint operation by Pakistan army and US-led forces in Afghanistan.

However, no official statement was issued.

A highly placed source in Islamabad told Gulf News that the report about Fazlullah's death would soon be made public and his body would also be shown to public.

The joint operation to hunt down Fazlullah was conducted after Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif rushed to Afghanistan on the anniversary of Peshawar school massacre demanding that the Afghan government take action against TTP's most-feared leader hiding there.

The army chief shared intelligence details with the Afghan officials which showed Fazlullah giving directives to terrorists from his hideout in Afghanistan.