Hakimullah Mehsud, reputed leader of Taliban forces in Pakistan, evidently enjoys attention. After he allegedly succeeded fellow tribesman Baitullah Mehsud (no relation) as Pakistani Taliban leader ...

Hakimullah Mehsud’s death, when combined with recent TTP reverses in Orakzai, South Waziristan, Swat, and Bajaur, reveals the fragility of the TTP as a movement. The TTP’s failure to hold territory, ...

A U.S. drone strike on Friday killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, an especially murderous and ruthless individual, often described as Pakistan's public enemy No. 1. One ...

The Taliban has ravaged Pakistan, but its leadership is in tatters. After weeks of denials, two Pakistani Taliban commanders admitted on Aug. 25 that the group’s chief, Baitullah Mehsud, had been ...

ISLAMABAD: Hakimullah Mehsud, the top militant commander of defunct Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is still alive and safe in some unknown location of North Waziristan, independent sources told ...

Flanked by heavily armed fighters, the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban sat on a blue blanket, amiable and relaxed as he cracked jokes and mixed in threats of vengeance for deadly U.S. air strikes.

Pakistani intelligence officials said that an American drone strike in Afghanistan had killed Khan Sayed, the leader of a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban. By Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud Formally ...