The Pakistani Taliban have for the first time claimed responsibility for the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in a book written by a senior leader of the banned militant group. “Bomber Bilal first fired at Benazir Bhutto from his pistol and the bullet hit her neck. The book notes that investigators had blamed the Taliban for Bhutto’s killing but Mehsud had initially denied involvement. “The return of Benazir Bhutto was planned at the behest of the Americans as they had given her a plan against the Mujahideed-e-Islam. “So when Benazir Bhutto arrived in Karachi, two suicide bombers Mohsin Mehsud and Rehmatullah Mehsud carried out attacks on her procession at Karsaz area of Karachi,” the book says.

Source: Hindustan Times January 15, 2018 06:45 UTC