Pakistani Taliban leader survives strike, residents say

Baitullah Mahsud was at the funeral of a militant commander but left before a suspected U.S. drone attack that killed 80 people, residents in South Waziristan say. The chief of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mahsud, and close associates attended the funeral of a militant commander in the country’s tribal areas but left before a suspected U.S. drone attack that killed dozens of people, residents said Wednesday

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