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Waziristan operation given go-ahead

Source: Dawn
Islamabad : Pakistan | about 1 month ago  
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The country’s top civil and military command and most of the major opposition parties’ leaders decided in principle on Friday to launch a military operation in South Waziristan, terming it ‘imperative’ to eliminating terrorism and extremism from the country. According to sources, participants...
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