Taliban Chief Hakimullah Mehsud

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  Mullah Fazlullah, Taliban Chief Who Scripted Pakistan School Massacre, Branded Global Terrorist by US

  The US today designated Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban, as a global terrorist and slapped sanctions against him.

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  Taliban invoke Sachin Tendulkar to defend 'martyr' tag for militants

  Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Shahidullah Shahid makes it clear that he was using Sachin Tendulkar as an example while speaking about the media's coverage of the controversy over the Jamaat chief's statement describing Hakimullah Mehsud as a martyr.

• Contacts with Taliban broken after US drone strike killed its chief: Pakistan

  Pakistan government admitted on Monday that all its contacts with the Taliban were broken following the recent killing of the militant organisation's chief in a US drone attack.

• Pakistan army condemns naming Taliban chief martyr

  The Pakistan army has condemned a prominent Islamic political party leader who called the Pakistani Taliban leader killed by a US drone strike a martyr.

• Pakistani Taliban claims killed chief was target of government sorcery

  Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed that the Pakistan government resorted to sorcery to cause headache and body pain to its killed chief Hakimullah Mehsud.

• The $120,000 farmhouse where Pakistan Taliban chief died

  With marble floors, lush green lawns and a towering minaret, the $120,000 farm where feared Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a US drone strike was no grubby mountain cave.

• Pakistan summons US ambassador over drone strike

  Pakistan on Saturday summoned US ambassador to the foreign ministry and lodged a formal protest over the drone strike which killed Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the foreign ministry said.

• Pakistan Taliban elects new chief; vows 'unprecedented' revenge

  The Pakistani Taliban today named Khan Syed Mehsud alias Sajna as its new chief.

• Pakistan Taliban vows 'unprecedented' revenge for chief Hakimullah Mehsud's killing

  Enraged at the killing of its top leader in a CIA drone strike, the Pakistan Taliban has vowed to take "unprecedented" revenge.

• Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud buried

  Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a CIA-operated drone strike in the country's restive North Waziristan, was today buried at an unknown location, a media report said.

• US drone kills top Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud

  The chief of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday, security sources and a senior Taliban commander said.

• Pakistani Taliban chief says still open to 'serious talks'

  Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud on Wednesday said he was still open to peace talks, but that the government has not taken any serious steps to start a dialogue.

• New Pakistan Taliban chief emerging, will focus on Afghanistan fight

  Pakistan's Taliban, one of the world's most feared militant groups, are preparing for a leadership change that could mean less violence against the state but more attacks against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, Pakistani military sources said.

• 'Sacked' Pakistan Taliban commander backs peace talks

  A senior commander sacked as deputy to Pakistani Taliban Chief Hakimullah Mehsud came out publicly to back peace talks with the government and said that he was not directly informed of his dismissal.

• Pak Taliban chief sacks deputy over 'rift' in peace talks

  A top Taliban militant leader has been sacked as the deputy commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), amid speculation of a deepening rift in the terror group over the peace talks with the government.