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The leader of the Taliban in Pakistan was killed in a drone [attacking / attack] on Friday. Hakimullah Mehsud was the most [wanted / wants] man in Pakistan. He died in the [remote / remotely] Waziristan region of north-western Pakistan. Three other people [dead / died] in the drone strike. In 2010, the U.S. government said it would [payment / pay] $5 million for information about where Mr Mehsud lived. The U.S. wanted him for a deadly attack on one of its military [basis / bases] in Afghanistan in 2009. Seven Americans and a Jordanian died in [there / that] attack. The Pakistan government told America that it "[strongly / strengthen] condemns the U.S. drone strike". The Taliban said: "We [conform / confirm] with great sadness that our great leader was [martyred / martyrdom] in a drone attack."

Hakimullah Mehsud became leader of the Pakistan Taliban in 2009, [followed / following] the death of the [previous / previously] leader in a drone attack. Mehsud showed how much [damage / damaging] he could create in Pakistan soon after he became leader. He was [before / behind] five terror attacks in a [single / singles] day in three different Pakistani cities. Five days later, there were three different attacks in the [cities / city] of Lahore. American intelligence officials say he was also behind a [planned / plant] terror attack in New York's Times Square in 2010. Security [sources / sauces] say his death is a major blow to the Taliban in Pakistan. It might also be bad news [from / for] peace talks between the Pakistani government and the Taliban. The two [sides / sidings] had been talking for months.