PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Hakeemullah Mehsud, the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban, confirmed former leader Baitullah Mehsud died Sunday from wounds suffered in an airstrike.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The Taliban in Pakistan announced a new young leader Saturday to replace Baitullah Mehsud, who is believed to have been killed by a U.S. drone.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. and Pakistani officials said Sunday they are standing by their information that Taliban leaders Baitullah and Hakimullah Mehsud are dead.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 7 (UPI) -- A suspected attack by a U.S. military drone hit a training camp run by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud Tuesday, killing at least 12, officials said.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 14 (UPI) -- The Pakistani military, encouraged by recent successes against the Taliban, plans to go after the group's leader, Baitullah Mehsud, an official said.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 1 (UPI) -- Authorities in Pakistan have charged a Taliban leader and four others in the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, officials said.
