Pakistani Officials: Taliban Chief is Dead
The Taliban have repeatedly denied his death, but backed off an initial promise Thurs prove the 28-year-old was still alive.
In a response to an AP query, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik, wrote, "Yes, he is dead," while a senior intelligence official concurred separately. Neither gave details As to when or how the Militant died.
The intelligence official spoke condition of anonymity is "Because he was not authorized to speak on the record.
In late January, a tribal elder told the AP that they attended Mehsud's funeral Mamuzai in the area of the Orakzai tribal region on Mehsud died at his in-laws' home. Some local media reports, citing unnamed sources the Taliban, said Mehsud died more recently in the central area of Multan, Pakistan has his way to receive medical treatment in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi.
In the first few days after the mid-January missile strikes, the Taliban released a pair of audiotapes believed to carry Mehsud's voice, In which he insisted he was fine. They have stopped offering additional evidence, one reason U.S. Counterterrorism officials also are increasingly certain they died.
Still, Mehsud has been mistakenly reported dead before.Read More Story,http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD9DP9SVG0

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