DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban chose the man who planned the attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai as the group’s new leader Thursday, less than a week after the U.S. killed its former chief in a drone strike, a militant commander and intelligence official said.
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