Drone kills Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud; Pakistan accuses U.S. of derailing peace talks
From the Blog pakistanisforpeace By Tim Craig for The Washington Post [image: Hakimullah Mehsud] A U.S. drone strike killed the chief of the Pakistani Taliban on Friday, local intelligence officials said, in an attack that could cripple the group but undermine an effort by Pakistan's government to engage militants in peace talks. If verified, the death of Hakimullah Mehsud would be a victory for U.S. officials who have spent years hunting down a leader implicated in a 2009 attack that killed seven Americans at a CIA outpost in eastern Afghanistan. But the drone strike also threatened to add to strains between the United States and Pakistan, whose new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, had announced earlier in the day that his government would begin talks aimed at reaching a negotiated settlement with the group. pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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