The Pakistani Taliban has released an audiotape which purportedly carries the voice of Hakimullah Mehsud, its leader, after rumours emerged that he had been killed in a suspected US missile attack earlier this week. On the tape released on Saturday, the man who said that he was Mehsud said he had not been present when 18 others were killed in the North Waziristan raid. "Today, on the 16th of January, I am saying it again - I am alive, I am OK, I am not injured ... when the drone strike took place, I was not present in the area at that time," the voice on the recording said. "This is propaganda of the kafirs [unbelievers]. They want to weaken us through this propaganda."
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