Pakistani Taliban and Govt officials confirm death of Hakimullah Mehsud
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, February 09, 2010
Mehsud with the Jordanian Suicide Bomber
According to Pakistan's private television station Dawn News Hakimullah Mehsud, Chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, was killed in a US drone strike last month.
According to the news channel government officials have confirmed Mehsud's death.
The report said that Pakistani Taliban has also confirmed the news of death of its Chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
Hakimullah had succeeded, Pakistani Taliban's dreaded Commander Baitullah Mehsud who was also killed in a similar drone strike.
Hakimullah was seen with Jordanian suicide bomber who blew himself up at a forward CIA base in Afghanistan killing 7 agency officials.
The Agency had vowed to avenge the killing of its agent.
After the bombing at CIA base, there was a surge in US drone strikes in Pak-Afghanistan border considered safe heaven for terrorists.
However, Taliban's official spokesperson Alam Tariq has not yet made any comment on the veracity of the news report.
Sources have told the channel that Maulvi Noor Jamal has been named as Mehsud's successor.
