Hakeemullah Mehsud's close aide arrested in NWFPOctober 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces have nabbed a close aide of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud from Duaba, Hangu. District Police Officer Mir Chaman said Mohammad Shah alias Mamay was arrested during raids conducted by the security officials in Duaba.
Officials: Suspected US missile strike on Taliban base kills 3 militants in NW PakistanSeptember 30th, 2009 Officials: Missile strike kills 3 in NW PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Two intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed three Taliban militants in restive northwestern Pakistan.
Pakistani Taliban commanders say leader Baitullah Mehsud killed by US missile strikeAugust 25th, 2009 Pakistani Taliban say chief Baitullah Mehsud deadDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Two commanders of the Pakistani Taliban acknowledged Tuesday that the militants' top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was killed by a U.S. missile strike.
Mehsud's right-hand man arrested in Islamabad raidAugust 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD -A close aide of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud, Saifullah, has reportedly been arrested by security officials here. According to sources, a joint team of the police, crime investigation department and intelligence agencies raided a house and arrested Saifullah and Zaid Akram from there.
Mehsud's elimination 'very big deal' for Pakistan: HolbrookeAugust 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke says Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud's elimination last week was a "very big deal" in terms of security efforts in Pakistan. "The end of Baitullah Mehsud, as we all know, is a very big deal," he said Wednesday, citing reports of "disarray among his people, of other factions manoeuvring" following the apparent death of the Taliban leader in a missile strike.
Taliban leader who was declared dead lays bare Pak Govt's claimsAugust 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Pakistan Government's claims about the killing of the top Taliban leadership were laid bare when Baitullah Mehsud's close aide Hakimullah Mehsud, who was declared dead in an intra-group clash, himself told the media he was alive. "Look, I am here, safe and sound," Hakimullah, 30, said in a telephone call to journalists from an undisclosed location.
Mehsud's death will be confirmed after receiving 'solid evidence': MalikAugust 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has still not confirmed the death of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud, as it lacks credible evidence. Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said news about Mehsud's death would be confirmed by the government once it gets 'solid evidence' in this regard.
Mehsud's death does not mean Pak Taliban will fall apart: US officialAugust 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - An American adviser in Islamabad, Pakistan, who spoke on condition of anonymity, has cautioned that even if the Mehsuds are proved to be dead, there is no guarantee that the Pakistani Taliban would fall apart. "There is broad recognition that this is no longer an old-fashioned test of wills with troublesome Pashtun warlords and that eliminating Baitullah Mehsud would not end the insurgency in South Waziristan nor its influence on the insurgencies in North-West Frontier Province," the New York Times quotes the official, as saying in an e-mail message.
Anyone killed in US drone attacks is a martyr: Fazlur RehmanAugust 8th, 2009 LAHORE - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman has said that Baitullah Mehsud had been 'martyred' in the US drone attack, and added that he termed anyone killed in a US attack a 'martyr'. Rehman said that Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl did not support US action in Pakistan.
US drone strike kills Baitullah Mehsud's wifeAugust 5th, 2009 KARACHI - Pak-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud's wife was killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan on Wednesday, Pakistani military officials said. Although Mehsud's aides didn't confirm the report, they admitted that a woman was killed in Pakistan's tribal region.
Pakistan checking reports on Baitullah Mehsud's deathAugust 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani security official said late Wednesday the intelligence agencies were trying to confirm reports that Taliban head Baitullah Mehsud had died in a suspected US missile strike that killed his wife in tribal region near Afghan border. "We have been busy for hours to check the information coming from the area that Baitullah also died with his wife," a local intelligence officer said on condition of anonymity.
Baitullah Mehsud's aide held in PakistanJuly 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's aide Wafa Mohammad was held Wednesday in a town in the North West Frontier Province, a media report said. Wafa Mohammad and his four sons were held in Takhtbai town, Express TV reported.
Rival commander Zainuddin killed on Mehsud's behestJune 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - No militant organization has taken responsibility for the murder of former close aide of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud, Qari Zainuddin, yet, but its is believed that the TTP chief has ordered his associates to kill Zainuddin. Zainuddin, who parted ways with the TTP chief, had recently termed Mehsud as 'unIslamic' which obviously infuriated him, The Daily Times reports.
Pakistani officials say suspected US missile strike kills at least 6 near Afghan borderMay 12th, 2009 Pakistan officials: US missile strike kills 6DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani officials say a suspected US missile strike has killed at least six people near Afghan border. Two Pakistani security officials said several missiles flattened a house in the South Waziristan region early Tuesday.
Pakistani officials say suspected US missile strike kills 6 near Afghan borderMay 9th, 2009 Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed six people near the Afghan border.
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