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Pakistani Taliban leader reportedly killed

Sources say Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban for the last 4 years, has been killed in northwest Pakistan. Believed to be in his mid-thirties, Mehsud claimed responsibility for the failed Times Square bombing in 2010 and gave safe haven to al Qaeda leaders. Margaret Brennan reports.
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