Monday, November 4, 2013

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Taliban says leader killed by drone

The leader of Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, has been killed in drone strike, a high ranking Taliban official has told to BBC. The strike targeted a vehicle used by Mehsud with four missiles in the north-western region of North Waziristan.

Four other people were killed in the strike including two Meshed's body guards, intelligence source say.
several previous claim of his death, made by US and Pakistani intelligence sources, have proven untrue.

Mehsud became leader of the Pakistani Taliban in 2009, aged 30, after his processor died in US drone strike.

Hakimullah had come to prominence in 2007as commander under Batullah, with the capture of 300 Pakistani soldiers adding to his prestige among the militants.

Mehsud had a $5m FBI bounty on his head and was though to be responsible for the deaths of thousands of people.

The attack targeting him comes on the same day that the Pakistani government announced it was about send a delegation to NorthWaziristan to try to-get peace negotiation with the Taliban under way.

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