Taliban confirm strike killed chief
Pakistan officials vow to finish off militant network
Posted: August 8, 2009 at 4:46 a.m.
In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, Pakistani villagers look at a destroyed house belonging to supporters of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said intelligence showed Mehsud had been killed Wednesday at his father-in-law's house in Pakistan's lawless tribal area.
Pakistan's Taliban chief was killed by a CIA missile strike, a militant commander confirmed Friday.
Pakistan refugees gather Friday in Karachi to read newspaper reports about the death of a Taliban leader that Pakistan considered its No. 1 internal threat.
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