巴基斯坦情报官员说，巴基斯坦塔利班负责人哈基穆拉.马哈苏德据信仍然在世，尽管今年早些时候有消息称马哈苏德在美国导弹袭击中被炸身亡。
不愿透露姓名的高级官员星期四说，最新消息显示，马哈苏德在今年1月巴基斯坦部落地区的无人机攻击中受伤，但仍然活着。
美国官员曾表示，他们有九成以上的把握认为马哈苏德已被炸死。巴基斯坦内务部长2月说，有可靠消息指马哈苏德被炸死。
塔利班一直否认马哈苏德在空袭中身亡。袭击几天后，塔利班公开了一份这位激进分子领导人的录音。录音上说，马哈苏德仍然活着。
巴基斯坦情报官员说，尽管马哈苏德仍然活着，他不再是巴基斯坦塔利班运动中的主力。
Pakistan intelligence officials say Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud is believed to be alive, despite claims he had been killed by a U.S. missile strike earlier this year.
Senior officials, who did not want to be identified, said Thursday the latest information shows Mehsud was wounded in the January drone attack in Pakistan’s tribal region, but survived.
U.S. officials had said they were more than 90 percent certain the militant leader had been killed. And in February, Pakistan’s interior minister said there was “credible information” Mehsud was dead.
The Taliban has always denied Mehsud was killed in the air strike. Several days after the attack, the group released an audio recording of the militant leader it said proved he was still alive.
Pakistani intelligence officials say although Mehsud is alive, he is no longer a major force in the Pakistani Taliban movement.