Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud is seen after a meeting with security forces in Sara Rogha, located in Pakistan's South Waziristan, in this February 7, 2005 file photo. Pakistani Taliban militants confirmed on August 26, 2009 for the first time that their leader, Baitullah Mehsud, had been killed, the BBC reported. Pakistani and U.S. officials had said for days that Mehsud was killed in a missile strike by a pilotless U.S. drone aircraft in his South Waziristan stronghold near the Afghan border on Aug. 5, but the Taliban had denied it. Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud is seen after a meeting with security forces in Sara Rogha, located in Pakistan's South Waziristan, in this February 7, 2005 file photo. Pakistani Taliban militants confirmed on August 26, 2009 for the first time that their leader, Baitullah Mehsud, had been killed, the BBC reported. Pakistani and U.S. officials had said for days that Mehsud was killed in a missile strike by a pilotless U.S. drone aircraft in his South Waziristan stronghold near the Afghan border on Aug. 5, but the Taliban had denied it.

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  8. A Pakistani woman peaks out from her front door at sunset in Rawalpindi on the outskirts of capital Islamabad on October 14, 2009. After a brief lull following the death of Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud in a US missile strike in August, Pakistan has again been plunged into crisis with a wave of militant attacks killing 125 people in eight days.
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