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November 8, 2013

New Pakistani Taliban Leader Plotted Attack on Malala Yousafzai 
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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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