BBC—Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud ‘still alive’

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud survived an American drone attack in the north-west of the country in January, intelligence sources say.

Officials said at the time that he was killed in a US missile attack along with at least 10 suspected militants.

Pakistani intelligence officials now say that Mr Mehsud was only wounded in the attack - although his authority within the Taliban has diminished.

From the outset, the Taliban consistently denied that he was dead.

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