Pakistani Taliban choose new leader
The Pakistani Taliban have chosen the man who planned the attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai as the group’s new leader, sources say.
A militant commander, Hazratullah Torashipa, and an intelligence official say the group’s leadership council, or shura, appointed Mullah Fazlullah as the new leader on Thursday, a little less than a week after the US killed his predecessor, Hakimullah Mehsud, in a drone strike.
