Washington, August 12: Pentagon today said there is a 90 per cent certainty that Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead and it is operating under the presumption that the top militant is no more and is no longer a threat to the people of the region.
Pentagon spokesman Jeoff Morrell said the Taliban has not been able to provide any evidence contrary to this viewpoint.
“We are operating under the assumption– and it’s not just an assumption. Obviously, we have intelligence that would lead us to believe that there is a 90 per cent certainty that he is no longer living,” Morrell told reporters.
“There is a 90 percent certainty at this point that, indeed, Baitullah Mehsud has met his demise,” he said.
–PTI