Hakimullah Mehsud surfaces, ends speculations of his deathOctober 5th, 2009 SARAROGHA - Newly appointed Pak-Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud met with reporters in Pakistan's tribal areas, ending speculations on his death. Mehsud, surrounded by other Taliban commanders in a show of unity, spoke to a small group of reporters on Sunday on condition the interview only be published on Monday, The Dawn reports.
Head of Pakistani Taliban speaks to reporters, vows attacks on US, PakistanOctober 5th, 2009 Pakistan Taliban head talks to reportersSARAROGHA, Pakistan — The Pakistani Taliban's new leader met with reporters in the country's tribal areas for the first time since winning control of the militants and vowed to retaliate against the U.S. and Pakistan for drone attacks along the Afghan border.
Suspected US drone attacks kill 13 militants in PakistanSeptember 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 13 Taliban militants were killed in two suspected US drone attacks in Pakistan's lawless region near the Afghan border Tuesday, intelligence officials said. The first attack took place at around 9.30 a.m.
US drone strike kills 12 in PakistanSeptember 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a militant hideout in Pakistan's ungoverned tribal region on the border with Afghanistan, killing at least 12 people, intelligence officials said Friday. The attack took place Thursday just before midnight in Dandy Darpa Khel village near Mir Ali town of the North Waziristan tribal district, where Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters have havens.
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 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.
US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud dead; reports of bloody succession feud unclearAugust 9th, 2009 US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud deadISLAMABAD —The U.S. and Pakistan are almost certain a U.S.
US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud dead; reports of bloody succession feud unclearAugust 9th, 2009 US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud deadISLAMABAD —The U.S. and Pakistan are almost certain a U.S.
Intelligence officials: Pakistani Taliban leader Mehsud confirmed dead, already buriedAugust 7th, 2009 Intelligence officials: Taliban leader Mehsud deadDERA ISMAIL KHAN — Three Pakistani intelligence officials say that Pakistan's Taliban chief has been killed in a CIA missile strike and his body buried. But one of the three says no intelligence agent has actually seen the body.
Qureshi says Pak intelligence has confirmed Mehsud's killingAugust 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday said that country's intelligence sources have confirmed the killing of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud. Xinhua quoted Qureshi, as saying that the government is still in the process of ground verification of the death of Pakistan's enemy number one.
Close aide confirms Mehsud's death in US missile strikeAugust 7th, 2009 DERA ISMAIL KHAN - A close aide of Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud confirmed on Friday that the latter has been killed in a U.S. missile strike.
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.
Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah escapes US strikeJune 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A US drone strike on a funeral in Pakistan's tribal areas narrowly missed Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, an American media report said Thursday. Mehsud was not at the spot at the time of Tuesday's attack, but had gone to pay his respects to a Taliban commander killed in another American drone strike earlier the same day, a Pakistani security official told the New York Times.
US drone attack in Pakistan kills fiveMay 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan Saturday killed at least five people, an intelligence official said. Missiles believed to have been fired from US-operated pilotless aircraft targeted an abandoned government school in the Sararogha area of the South Waziristan tribal district.
Taliban says US will 'pay heavily' for drone attacks in PakApril 7th, 2009 MIRANSHAH - The Taliban has threatened the United States that it will be made to "pay heavily for destabilizing" Pakistan by launching drone attacks in the tribal areas of Pakistan. "The US will pay 10 times for the drone attacks in Pakistan's Tribal Areas," Taliban leadership in North Waziristan said in a statement on Monday.
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