Hakimullah Mehsud, the slain leader of the Pakistani TalibanPakistani Taliban Confirms Leader's Death -- L.A. Times
Hakimullah Mahsud was injured in a missile strike by a U.S. drone last month. He is the group's second leader killed in six months.
Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan - The Pakistani Taliban confirmed Tuesday that its leader, Hakimullah Mahsud, has died from injuries suffered in a U.S. drone missile strike last month, forcing the insurgency to find a new leader for the second time in six months.
The death of Mahsud, engineer of a devastating series of suicide attacks and raids on markets, mosques and security installations across Pakistan late last year, gives the U.S. another major victory in its ongoing campaign of missile strikes against top Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders.
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