Pakistan’s Taliban leader

The World

Pakistani officials say a US missile strike killed a wife of the leader of Pakistan’s Taliban. His name is Baitullah Mehsud. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid.

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