Pakistan Civil War News Updates -- February 1, 2010

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, talks with Pakistani President Asif ali Zardari in Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 21, 2010. Gates met with the country's top military leaders and his Pakistani counterpart to discuss Washington's new Afghan policy and other issues of mutual interests. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison

Who’s Who In The Pakistan Taliban -- Christian Science Monitor

New reports resurfaced Sunday that Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died after a US drone attack Jan. 14. A look at other senior figures in the group.

Questions resurfaced this week as to whether Hakimullah Mehsud, the brash young commander of the Pakistani Taliban, was killed by a US drone attack on Jan. 14.

Renewed speculation that the Taliban leader was dead was sparked by a report on Pakistani state television Sunday night saying he had been buried.

The Taliban denied the report through their spokesman Azam Tariq. Pakistan Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said the military is still seeking confirmation.

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More News On Pakistan

Taliban's CIA bomber Hakimullah Mehsud dies of wounds -- The Australian
Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of Pakistani Taleban, reported killed in drone attack -- Times Online
Pakistan Army Investigates Report Mehsud is Dead, Taliban Denies Report -- Voice of America
Pakistan Investigates Reports of Taliban Leader's Death -- Wall Street Journal
Pakistani Taliban Leader Is Reported Dead -- New York Times
Pakistani army investigating reports of Taliban leader's death -- L.A. Times
Report: Pakistani Taliban leader killed -- CNN
Pakistan Islamist tied to CIA bombing believed dead -- McClatchy News
Profile: Hakimullah Mehsud -- Al Jazeera

15 Militants Killed in Clashes in Pakistan -- Voice of America
Pakistani troops kill 15 Taliban in Bajaur clashes -- Reuters
Two Pakistani soldiers killed, three injured in militant attack -- DNAindia
Bomb kills 2 soldiers in NW Pakistan: paramilitary -- AFP
Fresh political violence kills 17 in Karachi -- Reuters
Pakistan detains American man near Afghan border -- Washington Post
Militants torch Nato tanker in northwest Pakistan -- DAWN
Nato tanker torched in Pakistan -- BBC
Secrecy of US drone strikes in Pakistan criticized -- Huffington post
US aid programme failed to achieve its goals in Pak: Report -- OneIndia
U.S. will fail to split Taliban, ex-Pakistan spy says -- Reuters