‘Mehsud is alive, but seriously ill’

August 24, 2009 09:42 am | Updated December 04, 2021 10:48 pm IST - Wana, Pakistan

In this photo taken on May 24, 2008, showing Pakistan's top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, left, as he talks to the media in Kotkai, a village in the Pakistani tribal area along the Afghan border.

In this photo taken on May 24, 2008, showing Pakistan's top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, left, as he talks to the media in Kotkai, a village in the Pakistani tribal area along the Afghan border.

A commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Monday said his organisation will select a new chief in the next five days according to the instruction of their leader Baitullah Mehsud, a media report said.

Waliur Rehman, commander of the group in South Waziristan, said: “We have thousands of suicide attackers, who can destroy their (government) targets anywhere.” He added that Baitullah Mehsud is alive, but seriously ill.

“Baitullah Mehsud has entrusted the organisation’s affairs to me two months back,” he said.

The security forces’ operation in Swat had no effects on the Taliban, Geo TV said citing Rehman.

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