Taliban Confirm Hakeemullah Mehsud Dead

PESHAWAR: Taliban sources have confirmed Tuesday the death of Hakeemullah Mehsud, the chief of the militant outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.

Taliban supremo who was responsible of several suicide bombings within Pakistan was seriously injured in a Drone attack in Shaktoi on the night between 13th and 14th January, 2010.

Taliban earlier in an audio tape released on January 16 claimed that Mehsud was alive.

According to Taliban sources, Mehsud died on February 9, 2010 near Multan while he was being transferred to Karachi. His body was then said to be taken back to tribal areas.

Sources said that Maulvi Noor Jamal has been nominated as Mehsud’s succesor.

Government officials too have confirmed his death and have said that he was killed in a Shaktoi drone strike last month.

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