ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Pakistani forces gained ground Wednesday on their push to gain control over the town of Kotkai, a symbolic homeland of the Pakistani Taliban.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The leader of the Pakistani Taliban announced his group would exact revenge on U.S. and Pakistani forces for the killing of a former commander.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A close associate of Taliban commander Hakeemullah Mehsud and two others were arrested Wednesday in the volatile tribal areas of Pakistan, sources say.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Hakeemullah Mehsud, the newly selected head of the Pakistani Taliban, has big plans for the militant group, Dawn newspaper reports.
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. 25 (UPI) -- The Pakistani Taliban say their leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead, finally accepting U.S. and Pakistani reports of his death in an Aug. 5 drone attack.
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.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Taliban leaders in Pakistan met to discuss a new boss as deputy insurgent officials confirmed leader Baitullah Mehsud died in a Wednesday airstrike.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. officials believe there is a "strong indication" Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed by a CIA drone strike, ABC News reported.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 19 (UPI) -- Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud plotted the 2007 assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a self-proclaimed aide to the leader said.
