Pakistan Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud (L) is seen with his arm around Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud during a news conference in South Waziristan in this May 24, 2008 file photo. Hakimullah Mehsud, the chief of Pakistani Taliban militants who U.S. and Pakistani officials said might be dead has surfaced to meet journalists in his stronghold of South Waziristan. Hakimullah, who became Pakistani Taliban chief after his predecessor Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a U.S. missile strike in August, looked healthy in pictures broadcast by Pakistan's Dawn Television on October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/Files (PAKISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS)
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