Pak army captures Hakimullah’s hometown; drone attack kills 22

After eight days of pitched battles, Pakistan army on Saturday captured the strategically located hometown of Taliban chief in South Waziristan as a US drone strike in the adjoining Bajaur district killed 18 terrorists, missing by minutes a top militant commander.

Troops entered Kotkai, the hometown of Hakimullah Mehsud and his close aide Qari Hussain, also known as trainer of suicide bombers, late on Friday night after subjecting the village to heavy bombing by fighters and attack helicopters