Indyplus video: US drone strike ‘murders’ Pakistan talks

Pakistan has accused the US of “murdering the hopes of peace” after the leader of the Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed by a CIA drone strike on the eve of a meeting between militants and representatives of the government.

A flurry of reports suggested the Taliban would not decide a replacement for Mr Mehsud for several days. Among those named as possible successors were his deputy, Khan Said.

Watch footage of Said, who is is believed to have masterminded an attack on a jail in northwest Pakistan that freed nearly 400 prisoners in 2012, below: