Death of Mehsud

It is now evident that the leader of Pakitsan Taliban Baitullah Mehsud is killed before 10 August 2009. What remains unclear is the future strategy of the banned group. It has widely been believed within the country that Mehsud was working on behalf of his foreign patrons against Pakistan. So could they not save him? Not exactly the real issue was that he came in to too much spot light and Pakistan in its war against terror asked its allies to act which they had to.

Now coming back to the main question about future. If its true that Mehsud's aide Hakimullah is also dead then things could be better other wise not much improvement should be expected. One of major turning points could be re-evaluation of Pakistan Talibans' strategy by themselves. This may lead to their disassociation from blood shed in Pakistan and focus entirely in Afghanistan. If this happens, it could turn in to night mare for NATO led forces in Afghanistan. UK is already taking of staying for 40 years in Afghanistan (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8191018.stm) which could only lead to disaster.