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Know the Pak Taliban chief Radio Mullah Fazlullah who ordered attack on Malala

New Delhi: Hailing from the Swat district in Pakistan, Maulana Fazlullah is the first non-Mehsud chief of the Tehrik Taliban Pakistan.He is unlike Baitullah and Hakimullah Mehsud who hailed from the Waziristan region of the

India TV News Desk Published : Nov 10, 2013 23:36 IST, Updated : Nov 12, 2013 6:35 IST





He has succeeded Hakimullah Mehsud after he was killed by US in a drone attack recently.
 
Born in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, area of Swat district, he belongs to clan of the Yusufzai tribe. His real name is Fazal Hayat.
 
This is the first time that the Pakistani Taliban have chosen a leader who does not come from the country's volatile tribal belt - or from the Mehsud or Wazir tribes.
 
He seems to be more ruthless than his predecessor and aims to enforce Sharia law.
 
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