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The United States does not know if the leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed by a drone strike earlier this week, the US special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on Saturday. Pakistani officials have said a US drone fired two missiles on Thursday at a compound in northwest Pakistan where Mehsud was believed to have been killed, but his fate was not known. Ive heard every conceivable version of whats happened and I dont know, Holbrooke said. But if hes still alive hes one of the worst people on earth. Absolutely vicious, Holbrooke told reporters during a visit to the Afghan capital, Kabul. Holbrooke is visiting Afghanistan and Pakistan as part of routine consultations with their governments, his office said.
