Al-Qaeda By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad
Published: August 7 2009 03:27 | Last updated: August 7 2009 19:07
Pakistan’s most notorious Taliban militant was killed in an attack this week, the country’s foreign minister said on Friday.
Linked to the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Baitullah Mehsud had emerged as the most powerful Taliban leader in Pakistan’s border region with Afghanistan.
Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud speaking to reporters last year. The Pakistan Interior Minister says there is a strong likelihood that he was killed along with his wife and bodyguards in a missile attack two days ago
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