Topic: Baitullah Mehsud

Pakistan says 21 killed in Taliban clash

Taliban gunmen stormed a Pakistani checkpoint in the country's lawless tribal belt, killing one soldier and sparking clashes in which up to 20 militants died, according to officials.Five soldiers and five civilians were also wounded after the militants on Tuesday ...

Baitullah Mehsud

Baitullah Mehsud was a tribal leader in the Waziristan region of Pakistan who was linked to the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto . U.S. suspects Taliban leader behind Bhutto plot (December 29, 2007) On March 31 , 2009 , Mehsud claimed responsibility ...

Bhutto Suspects

The government of Pakistan has released a picture of two suspects in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2007.

Gunmen kill 'peace broker' in Pakistan: officials

Gunmen in northwest Pakistan on Thursday shot dead a former pro-Taliban lawmaker who was instrumental in brokering several peace deals between the government and Islamist militants, officials said.The killing took place in a village near Tank town, which borders South Waziristan ...
The Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, is appearing more and more to be a patsy for Hakimullah Mehsud, a senior leader of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (the Pakistani Taliban Movement). Let's take a look at the relationship between Hakimullah Mehsud and ...

Pakistan Taliban leader threatens US cities

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has vowed to attack major US cities in two purported new videos released months after his reported killing in a US missile strike.The videos emerged after an attempted car bombing in New York City, for which ...

Pakistan Taliban leader threatens US in new video

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has vowed to attack major US cities in two purported new videos released months after his reported killing in a US missile strike.Mehsud threatened to retaliate against the United States within a month for the killing ...

Pakistan Taliban chief ruthless and theatrical

Hakimullah Mehsud, Pakistan's Taliban chief who is seemingly back from the dead, has wielded a ruthless ambition to oversee a dramatic escalation in bloodshed and ally with Al-Qaeda.After months of silence since his reported killing by a US missile on ...
Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has appeared in a new video issued months after his reported death, vowing revenge attacks on the United States, US monitoring groups said Monday.Mehsud threatened to retaliate against the United States within a month for the ...

Pakistan Taliban chief 'threatens US in new video'

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has appeared in a new video issued months after his reported death, vowing revenge attacks on the United States, US monitoring groups said Monday.Mehsud threatened to retaliate against the United States within a month for the ...