Baitullah’s wife killed in South Waziristan drone strike

PESHAWAR: The wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was one of three killed on Wednesday in a missile strike by a suspected US drone in South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, a relative said.

‘I confirm that the female that was killed in the strike was the wife of Baitullah Mehsud,’ the relative told Reuters by telephone.

The missile had struck the house of Baitullah Mehsud’s father-in-law

An intelligence official told Reuters two militants were killed in the attack.

Mehsud’s whereabouts were not known at the time. The relative who spoke to Reuters did not want to be identified.