Pakistan Taliban secretly bury leaderPakistani Taliban fighters secretly buried their leader on Saturday after he was killed by a US drone aircraft and quickly moved to replace him while vowing a wave of revenge suicide bombings. The Pakistani government denounced th More… |
Pakistan Taliban leader alive, threatens USThe leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, who was reported killed in a CIA drone aircraft attack in January, has appeared in Internet videos threatening suicide strikes in the United States. The tapes were released shortly af More… |
Evidence Taliban chief dead 'pretty conclusive': USThe United States said on Sunday the evidence was 'pretty conclusive' that Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead, while a senior Taliban commander denied reports of infighting among its leaders. The White House had earl More… |
Pakistani Taliban commander denies Mehsud dead-BBCA fellow commander in the Pakistani Taliban insisted that Baitullah Mehsud, the movement's leader, was alive, the BBC reported on Saturday, rejecting government claims he had been eliminated in a US drone strike. Hakimullah Mehsud, one of More… |
Taliban chief is likely dead, says PakistanPakistan believes Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million US bounty on his head, was probably killed with his wife and bodyguards in a missile attack, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday. An intelligence officer in S More… |