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                    [Title] => Pakistan slams US for killing Taliban leader
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The Pakistani government Saturday accused the US of sabotaging peace talks with domestic Taliban fighters by killing their leader in a drone strike, as the militants began the process of choosing a successor.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-03 14:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1365389 [AuthorName] => Ishtiaq Mahsud and Rebecca Santana [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1252264 [Title] => Officials: US drone kills Pakistani Taliban leader [Summary] =>

A U.S. drone strike Friday killed Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, in a major blow to the group that came after the government said it had started peace talks with the insurgents, according to intelligence officials and militant commanders.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-02 09:59:48 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 548717 [Title] => Obama strategy widens assault on terrorists [Summary] =>

In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-12 17:19:33 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 548352 [Title] => Pakistani officials confirm Taliban chief is dead [Summary] =>

The Pakistani government has confirmed that the country's Taliban leader died of injuries sustained in a US drone strike in mid-January, setting the stage for a potential succession struggle that could further weaken the group.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-11 10:13:59 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 545989 [Title] => Pakistani Taliban: No need to prove leader alive [Summary] =>

The Pakistani Taliban said yesterday that there is no need to release proof that the group's leader is alive to refute reports that he died from injuries sustained in a US drone strike in mid-January.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-03 01:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 541477 [Title] => Pakistani officials: Suspected US drone kills 20 [Summary] =>

At least one suspected US drone fired on a house in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, killing 20 people in the 11th such attack since militants in the area orchestrated a deadly suicide bombing against the CIA in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-18 09:57:42 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 540928 [Title] => US kills FBI-wanted terrorist in Pakistan strike [Summary] =>

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) – A US missile strike in Pakistan killed one of the FBI's most-wanted terrorists, a man suspected in a deadly 1986 plane hijacking with a $5 million bounty on his head, three Pakistani intelligence officials yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-16 01:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 534860 [Title] => Suicide bombing kills 3 at NW Pakistan press club [Summary] =>

A suicide bombing that killed three people and wounded 17 outside a press club in the northwestern city of Peshawar has underscored the danger to journalists trying to cover Pakistan's Taliban-led insurgency.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-23 10:36:32 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 517402 [Title] => Pakistan army claims more advances in offensive [Summary] => ISLAMABAD (AP) – The Pakistani army claimed advances in its eight-day old offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border Sunday, while the militants' chief warned of more terrorist attacks around the country unless the military halted the assault. [DatePublished] => 2009-10-26 09:56:01 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 512568 [Title] => Pakistan vows offensive after bomb kills 49 [Summary] =>

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistan vowed to launch a new offensive against militant strongholds along the Afghan border after a suicide bomber blew up a car near a crowded outdoor market yesterday, killing 49 people in the bloodiest attack to hit the country in six months.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-10 03:10:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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