Tuesday, 06 January 2015 - 9:15
Pakistan offers US$100,000 bounty for Taliban leader
The government of Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province announced a bounty worth 100,000 dollars for information leading to the arrest or death of the Pakistani Taliban chief.
The government in Pakistan's restive northwest had prepared a list of 615 high profile militants and was offering a combined bounty of 7.5 million dollars.
The official said the list also includes Mengal Bagh, chief of Lashkar-e-Islam, a Taliban-linked militant group operating in the Khyber tribal district.
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