Pakistani Taliban chief may be dead

There are unconfirmed reports that Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mahsud was killed in a missile strike by a US drone on Thursday.

However, a spokesman for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, known as TTP, claimed its chief is alive and well. Local security forces say Mahsud's fate remains unclear.

A local TV channel in Islamabad said pilotless U.S. aircraft fired two missiles on a religious seminary and a house in South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least 10 and injuring another 14.

Reports say Mahsud was among the dead.

There are unconfirmed reports that Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mahsud was killed in a missile strike by a US drone on Thursday.