According to CNN report Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead from kidney failure. He is the same person on whom the Pakistan government has put allegation that he had killed former Pak PM Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2007. The confirmation of his death has come from local TV channels Geo Television and others.

 

However, initial reports from Taliban side were revealing that Mehsud was ill and was expected to die within a day. Mehsud who was of around 34 year age had a sever kidney problem. An Islamabad-based source who has links with and within the Mehsud tribe in South Waziristan informed that Mehsud died at about 1 a.m. Wednesday.

 

Mehsud's death is expected to create a bitter power-struggle in Waziristan region where he had a great influence. People who are still living in tribes and have tribe loyalties may go stray in absence of second commander. Also, the death may cause split within the tribe of the Mehsud. Pak authorities may be happy but death of one Taliban leader is not a solution for Islamic fundamentalism.