Will lead Taliban in Pakistan, leader's deputy says
Posted: August 20, 2009 at 6:12 a.m.
The deputy head of the Pakistani Taliban announced Wednesday that he was temporarily assuming leadership of the militant group because its chief, whom Washington and Islamabad have said was almost certainly killed by a recent missile strike, was unwell.
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