Karachi, Apr. 14 : Pakistan intelligence agencies have reportedly arrested a close aide of the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud.

According to The Daily Times, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) along with other intelligence agencies has arrested one Badshah Deen Mehsud from a hotel here.

Confirming the report, CID SSP Fayyaz Khan said the 59 year old Badshah Mehsud was a close aid of TTP chief.

Washington, Apr. 8 : Notwithstanding the threat from Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud the United States is planning to extend Predator drone strikes to Balochistan, a reports has claimed.

According to The New York Times, the Obama Administration is planning to extend missile attacks to Balochistan also, unless Pakistan takes stern action against terror hideouts and training camps.

Islamabad  - Pakistan's top Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud Saturday claimed responsibility for the shootings at an US immigration services centre in New York state that killed 13 people.

"I accept the responsibility. They were my men," Mehsud told reporters in Peshawar on phone from some undisclosed location.

A lone gunman took more than 40 immigrants hostage Friday when they were taking a citizenship class at the American Civic Association building in Binghamton, located around 225 kilometres north-west of New York city.

London, Apr. 4 : Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud has claimed responsibility for the attack on an immigration center in New York which left 13 people dead, Sky News reported.

Mehsud called an international news agency from an undisclosed location and claimed that the Taliban was behind Friday's shootout where Chinese American gunman killed 14 people and wounded 40 others.

Mehsud said the strike was in retaliation to the US-led drone attacks inside Pakistan along the Afghan border.

Islamabad, Apr. 3 : Pak-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud is being seen as a growing threat to President Barack Obama's anti-terror strategies in Pakistan and beyond, experts say.

A day after Mehsud threatened to attack the White House, a US drone fired two missiles at the alleged hideout of one of his commanders, killing 14 people.

Peshawar, Apr. 1 : The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud has said that Monday's attack on the Police Training Academy in Manawan was carried out in retaliation against the continuous US led drone attacks in the tribal region of the country.

"These attacks were in reaction to the US drone strikes in the Tribal Areas," Mehsud said.

He also vowed that such strikes would continue as long as United States keep on targeting tribal areas.