Islamabad, Aug 6 (DPA) A Pakistani security official said late Wednesday the intelligence agencies were trying to confirm reports that Taliban head Baitullah Mehsud had died in a suspected US missile strike that killed his wife in tribal region near Afghan border.

'We have been busy for hours to check the information coming from the area that Baitullah also died with his wife,' a local intelligence officer said on condition of anonymity.

'Whether confirmation or disconfirmation will definitely be available in next couple of hours,' he added.

Mehsud's second wife died when two missiles fired from missile hit the house of his father in law Malik Ikramuddin.