Los Angeles Times April 29, 2010 3:01 a.m.
Pakistan's Taliban leader survived U.S. missile
Security sources confirmed Thursday that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mahsud (bilden) is alive, reversing their assertions earlier this year that he had been killed in a U.S. drone missile strike.
The disclosure that Mahsud, 28, survived a January strike near the border between North and South Waziristan deals a major blow to U.S. and Pakistani efforts to uproot Islamic militants from their stronghold in the largely ungoverned tribal areas along the Afghan border.
Pakistan's Taliban leader survived U.S. missile
Security sources confirmed Thursday that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mahsud (bilden) is alive, reversing their assertions earlier this year that he had been killed in a U.S. drone missile strike.
The disclosure that Mahsud, 28, survived a January strike near the border between North and South Waziristan deals a major blow to U.S. and Pakistani efforts to uproot Islamic militants from their stronghold in the largely ungoverned tribal areas along the Afghan border.
