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The Pakistani Taliban confirmed Tuesday that its chief Hakimullah Mehsud had died of injuries sustained in drone strike last month, ending weeks of speculation over his fate. Noor Jamal has been named the new acting leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has decided to take parliament and the national political leadership on board on the proposed foreign secretary-level talks with India, a media report Tuesday said.

The Indian High Commission has denied media reports of a military complex is being constructed at the Attari check post on the Indian side of the border in Punjab.

Rescue operations were over by Tuesday morning for people in the Indian Army's high altitude warfare training camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district which had been buried under a massive avalanche, an army spokesman said. Seventeen soldiers including one officer were killed in Monday's incident.

One local policeman was killed when separatist guerrillas attacked a police station in north Kashmir's Sopore town Tuesday morning.

Pakistan will set its agenda for the proposed foreign secretary-level talks with India at a high-level meeting Wednesday chaired by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, a media report Tuesday said.

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for traffic for the fourth day Tuesday, following landslides.

Iran Tuesday welcomed India's offer to resume foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan and offered its help in the negotiations between the two countries to resolve difficult issues.

One soldier was killed and 13 were rescued Tuesday when another avalanche struck an army border post in Tangdhar sector of the Line of Control (LOC) in Kupwara district.

--Indo-Asian News Service