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Pakistan Taliban choose Sajna as new chief

Other News Materials 2 November 2013 14:02 (UTC +04:00)

Pakistan Taliban have nominated Khan Said Sajna as their new leader after Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a US drone strike, members of the insurgent group say, dpa reported.

Sajna was a close associate of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) founder and former leader Baitullah Mehsud, who was also killed by a drone in 2009.

Sajna hails from Laddah area of the South Waziristan tribal district near the Afghan border.

A Taliban council picked him as new chief at a meeting at an undisclosed location in the tribal region.

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