Army captures Pakistani Taliban leader's hometown

The army captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan’s Taliban chief today after days of fierce fighting, officials said, its first major prize in a US-backed anti-Taliban offensive along the Afghan border.

Army captures Pakistani Taliban leader's hometown

The army captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan’s Taliban chief today after days of fierce fighting, officials said, its first major prize in a US-backed anti-Taliban offensive along the Afghan border.

Elsewhere in the northwest, a suspected US missile strike killed 14 people, authorities said.

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