January 15, 2010 8:16 PM

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Pak Taliban chief injured in US drone attack

Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud was injured in yesterday's US drone attack in the country's northwestern tribal area. According to the private TV channel Express, officials today said Hakimullah, who was present in the area to meet Uzbek militants was injured in the attack. <br/><br/>Earlier local TV reports said Hakimullah, the chief of the banned outfit Tehrek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and three top commanders were among 12 killed yesterday morning in a U.S. air strike hitting a compound in Pasalkot village of North Waziristan agency near the Afghan border.<br/>

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