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Intel: Pakistan Taliban chief now believed alive

The Columbian
Published: April 28, 2010, 12:00am

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An intelligence official says Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud is now believed to have survived a U.S. missile strike earlier this year.

U.S. and Pakistani officials had been relatively confident that Mehsud died in the January strike.

The Taliban consistently denied this, though declined to show evidence he was still alive, saying it would compromise his safety.

The intelligence official spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic.

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