The personal experience of a BBC reporter with Hakimullah Mehsud - the new Chief of Taliban - clearly indicates the beginning of a new era of bloodshed in world's war against terrorism - particularly in Afghanistan.

The reporter described his experience, "When we met on that autumn day in 2007, he took us for a drive.To demonstrate his skill with the vehicle, he drove like a man possessed, manoeuvrings around razor sharp bends at impossible speeds.

He finished the demonstration by braking inches short of a several hundred foot drop.While the rest of us sat in stunned silence, he just laughed chillingly and stuck the car in reverse to smoothly continue the journey."