The Pakistani Taliban have denied their leader Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a US missile attack in the north-west.We'll need to see the severed head ...
At least 10 suspected militants died when missiles were fired at a target in the North Waziristan region near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials say. A Taliban spokesman said Mehsud had been in the area but left before the alleged training camp was attacked. He is on a list of key militant targets. The Pakistan Taliban spokesman confirmed that Hakimullah Mehsud had, until recently, been in the Pasalkot area where the compound was struck.
Hundreds of people have been killed in drone attacks since mid-2008. Top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, killed last August, was among them.
North and South Waziristan - where the Mehsud faction comes from - are major sanctuaries for militants. Pakistan's army launched an offensive in South Waziristan in October and is under US pressure to do the same in North Waziristan.