Hakimullah Mehsud had taken credit for suicide bombing at CIA outpost. Nov. 4, 2013 — -- The Pakistani Taliban has released an image that purportedly shows the face of its leader, Hakimullah ...

Nov. 1, 2013 -- An American official said the U.S. feels "very confident" Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a drone strike today. "They got Mehsud," the official told ABC News.

A new video offers potentially conclusive evidence that Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud survived a Predator attack in January. News reports and U.S. officials had argued that Mehsud, a ...

The death of Hakimullah Mehsud, a ruthless leader known for attacking a CIA base in Afghanistan and a bloody campaign that killed thousands of Pakistani civilians and members of the security ...

Hakimullah Mehsud rose to notoriety for his attacks on the Pakistan army. In 2007, just as the Pakistani Taliban was establishing itself as the biggest threat to Pakistan's security, he engineered ...

If verified, the death of Hakimullah Mehsud would be a victory for U.S. officials who have spent years hunting down a leader implicated in a 2009 attack that killed seven Americans at a CIA ...

As [Hakimullah's predecessor as Pakistani Taliban chief] Baitullah Mehsud learned to his peril, if you're a terrorist figure in that part of the world, you have to be smart … and lucky." ...

The head of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, U.S. and Taliban officials tell NPR and other news organizations. "We confirm with great sorrow that ...

The appointment of 28-year-old Hakimullah Mehsud could herald an increase in attacks as the group tries to prove it is still intact and operational, analysts say.

The Pakistani army said Sunday that it was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike in mid-January.

The head of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan on Friday, several security sources told Reuters, the latest in a series of blows to the country’s most feared … ...