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Waning Trend of Taliban Terror |
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Oxford, 20 January 2012 |
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Hakimullah Mehsud, the vicious leader of Pakistani Taliban, is again reported to have been killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan on January 12. If confirmed, his death will cause significant blow to Pakistani Taliban’s terrorism campaign. But even if he survives the drone attack as he did once in January 2010, TTP’s future as an umbrella organization of various Taliban groups in Pakistan’s tribal region may still continue to hang in the balance, particularly due to growing instances of factional dissension within its ranks. An obvious outcome of Hakimullah’s death may be an increasing willingness on the part of remaining TTP leaders for talks with the Pakistani authorities. Given h
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