Pakistan demands Taliban evidence

08 August 2009

Pakistan's interior minister has challenged the Taliban to prove their leaders are still alive, after reports that two of them have been killed.
Rehman Malik told the BBC officials had non-physical evidence that the top commander, Baitullah Mehsud, was killed in a US missile attack on Wednesday.
He said intelligence suggested a shoot-out later broke out between Mehsud's potential successors in which one died.
The Taliban has accused the interior ministry of making up the incident.
However, the militant group's spokesmen were also unable to offer any physical evidence to disprove the government's claims.
'Credible information'
In an interview with the BBC, Mr Malik denied the allegation that the Pakistani security forces had no evidence proving that Mehsud was killed along with one of his wives in a strike on his father-in-law's house in the Zangarha area, north-east of Ladha, on Wednesday. source: bbc.com

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