Taliban leader believed alive after missiles hit

Friday, January 15, 2010

ISLAMABAD -- The leader of the Pakistani Taliban was apparently targeted in a U.S. missile strike on a meeting of militant commanders close to the Afghan border Thursday, but he escaped unhurt, Pakistani officials and militants said. Twelve insurgents were believed killed.

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