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New Pakistani Taliban Leader Plotted Attack on Malala Yousafzai

HeadlineNov 08, 2013

The Pakistani Taliban has chosen a hardline militant commander as its new leader, dealing a blow to renewed peace talks with the Pakistani government. Mullah Fazlullah ordered the assassination attempt on Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. He has rejected peace talks and vowed to avenge the death of his predecessor, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike last week.

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