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Firstpost
March 21, 2018
The death of Baitullah Mehsud was a particular blow for the group. Attacks by the TTP against the Pakistan security forces thereafter declined, and as the pressure eased, so did cooperation from the Pakistanis on reining in the Taliban. Recently, media reports have stated that the US offered handsomeÃâà...
Firstpost
March 20, 2018
The death of Baitullah Mehsud was a particular blow for the group. Attacks by the TTP against the Pakistan security forces thereafter declined, and as the pressure eased, so did cooperation from the Pakistanis on reining in the Taliban. Recently, media reports have stated that the US offered handsomeÃâà...
Arab News
March 12, 2018
Under its previous heads, Baitullah Mehsud and Hakimullah Mehsud, who were both killed in earlier US drone strikes, the TTP controlled large tracts of territory in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the Malakand division and Swat before suffering defeat at the hands of the Pakistani military in massiveÃâà...
Newsweek
March 9, 2018
Fazlullah would then join forces with the Pakistani Taliban, rising to become its leader and replace his predecessor, Baitullah Mehsud. He is now one of the most feared militants in the region, with close ties to the Afghan Taliban that is battling the rise of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in neighboringÃâà...
Long War Journal
March 8, 2018
The first two emirs of the TTP, Baitullah Mehsud and Hakeemullah Mehsud, were killed by US drones. Yet the Pakistani government has criticized these strikes and others as violations of its sovereignty. Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD'sÃâà...
Daily Times
February 22, 2018
Jihadyar, who had been a close confidant of TTP founder Baitullah Mehsud and his successor Hakimullah Mehsud, recently parted ways with TTP JuA and joined a breakaway faction, Hizbul Ahrar, over differences with Omar Khalid Khorasani, the head of JuA. Jihadyar had joined JuA after the death ofÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
February 22, 2018
PESHAWAR: Infighting between banned terrorist group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and its splinter group, Hizb-ul-Ahrar, led to the killing of a close aide of former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan leaders Hakimullah Mehsud and Baitullah Mehsud, and another militant in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According toÃâà...
BBC News
February 12, 2018
He can be described as a true successor to the first two chiefs of TTP - Baitullah Mehsud, the group's founder, and Hakimullah Mehsud. His influence can be seen from how he defied Mullah Fazlullah - who officially became the third TTP leader after Hakimullah's death in a drone strike in 2014. MehsudÃâà...
The Diplomat
February 9, 2018
The TTP, which converted Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal district into its headquarters during the time of its founding chief Baitullah Mehsud, came to be seen as an existential threat by the Pakistani government and its security agencies. Pakistan had to conduct numerous military operations starting fromÃâà...
SAMAA TV News Pakistan
January 19, 2018
Given that he shares a surname with Baitullah Mehsud, was he necessarily a terrorist? Or was he an aspiring model, as his friends insist? SSP Malir Rao Anwar says Naqeeb was killed in an encounter with the police. According to him, he was a terrorist who was involved in several murders. Moreover, heÃâà...
DailyO
January 16, 2018
And slain Pakistan Taliban founder Baitullah Mehsud had received information of the plan”. For the first time, a terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the assassination which altered the political dynamics of Pakistan. Musharraf was accused of conspiring Bhutto's assassination, murder trial remainedÃâà...
News18
January 15, 2018
Baitullah had received information of the plan," the book claimed, in a reference to slain Pakistani Taliban founder Baitullah Mehsud. ... It revealed that Baitullah Mehsud had approved the Karachi attack on Bhutto's procession when she returned to Pakistan to lead her party campaign for the 2008Ãâà...
The Diplomat
October 25, 2017
Unable to rein in the Taliban leaders due to the stature they had attained in the tribal milieu, the Pakistani security forces and government have entered numerous clandestine deals with some commanders, such as Nek Muhammad and Baitullah Mehsud, despite their open and visible challenge to the state.
New York Times
August 7, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — American and Pakistani officials said Friday they were increasingly convinced that an American drone strike two days earlier had killed Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan's enemy No.1 and the leader of its feared Taliban movement. While Mr. Mehsud was a pivotal figure who heldÃâà...
New York Times
August 7, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — American and Pakistani officials said Friday they were increasingly convinced that an American drone strike two days earlier had killed Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan's enemy No.1 and the leader of its feared Taliban movement. While Mr. Mehsud was a pivotal figure who heldÃâà...
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