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Topic: Baitullah Mehsud

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KARACHI, Pakistan, March 5 (UPI) -- Pakistani authorities announced the arrest a man in a suburb of Karachi they said was a top assistant to Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud.
AMMAN, Jordan, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A video aired Saturday shows a suicide bomber who blew up a CIA base in Afghanistan saying the act was to avenge the killing of a Taliban leader.
Al-Qaida says it killed CIA employees
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida says it carried out the suicide bomb killings of seven CIA employees in Afghanistan to avenge the death of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
LAHORE, Pakistan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Pakistani authorities in the Punjab say they've captured the provincial Taliban leader suspected of masterminding the twin blasts in Lahore this month.
KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Pakistani authorities announced they arrested a suspect believed to be a close personal aide to Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud.
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.
Message praises dead Taliban leader
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- An audio message, claiming to be from al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, praised Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, who died in August in a drone attack.
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. 24 (UPI) -- If the assertions of the Pakistani Taliban are right, Hakeemullah Mehsud is the new leader of the militant group, succeeding his dreaded predecessor Baitullah Mehsud.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Pakistani officials say at least 24 terror suspects were arrested Sunday and Monday, including three people with suicide jackets and bombs in a bus station.
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