Hakimullah Mehsud Pakistan Taliban Leader "Isolated," Facing Splits: Report -- West Australia/Reuters
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The chief of the Pakistan Taliban has been isolated from his militant group for more than a year and is rapidly losing control, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, a day after the military said it had launched an offensive in the northwest.
Associates of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud and intelligence officials in Islamabad say Mehsud's position is tenuous following the defection of one of his top commanders last week, Pakistan's Express Tribune daily newspaper.
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My Comment: It is hard to lead when you are spending most of your time hiding from drone strikes and the intelligence services. If there was ever a time when Pakistan should put even more pressure on the Taliban .... it is now.
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