Hakimullah mehsud youtube movies

Hakimullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban leader, came to prominence in 2007 after a number of spectacular raids against Pakistan's army.

At that time he was one of several commanders under Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike in early August 2009.

The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan recalls meeting Hakimullah - a nom de guerre he assumed replacing his birth name Zulfiqar - in South Waziristan in October 2007, just after he was appointed Baitullah's chief spokesman.

His audacious capture of 300 Pakistani soldiers had led to our correspondent travelling to meet the kidnapped troops.

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Still only 28 at the time, Hakimullah Mehsud was clearly someone to be reckoned with, our correspondent recalls. Despite his pleasant demeanour and smile, danger radiated from him.

The kidnapping incident added to his prestige and Pakistan's government eventually released s