Taliban Leader Reported Killed



Hakimullah Mehsud
From Dawn.com:

PESHAWAR: The leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which poses the gravest security threat to the country, was believed killed by a US drone strike on January 12, Pakistan intelligence officials said on Sunday.

The officials said they intercepted wireless radio chatter between Taliban fighters detailing how Hakimullah Mehsud was killed while travelling in a convoy to a meeting in the North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border.

A senior military official said there was no official confirmation that the Pakistani state’s deadliest enemy had been killed.[…]

“Six to seven TTP members were talking to each other through wireless radio in the conversations we heard, talking about Hakimullah Mehsud being hit by a drone when he was heading to a meeting at a spot near Miramshah,” said one of the intelligence officials.

The Pakistan Taliban has issued a denial.