Taliban leader attacks and destroys American missile

The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, was believed killed by aU.S. drone strike, four Pakistan intelligence officials told Reuters on Sunday.

The officials said they intercepted wireless radio chatter between Taliban fighters detailing how Hakimullah Mehsud was killed while travelling in a convoy to a meeting in the North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border.