Pakistani military faces toughest challenge
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Almost 30,000 troops are taking part in the offensive against an estimated 10-12,000 militants.
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- News Source: Reuters | about 1 month agoPakistani aircraft attacked Taliban in the South Waziristan region on Sunday a day after the army said it had captured a strategic town on an approach to main militant base area. The army assault in the ethnic Pashtun tribal region on the border...
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- Blog Source: www.theodoresworld.netPakistani soldiers captured the hometown of the country's Taliban chief Saturday, a strategic and symbolic initial prize as the army pushes deeper into a militant stronghold along the Afghan border. An army spokesman said the Taliban were in ... The
- Blog Source: www.spot.lkThe army captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan's Taliban chief Saturday after fierce fighting, officials said, snagging its first big prize in a major U.S.-backed offensive along the Afghan border. Elsewhere in the northwest, ...
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- Blog Source: blog.taragana.comThe U.S. has shown no sign of easing the drone-fired attacks even when Pakistan is waging its own fight in the tribal areas. Asked if the missile attacks are a distraction or help, the army spokesman said Pakistan would prefer to go it alone. ...
- Blog Source: topics.oneriot.comPakistan: Troops seize key Taliban village. Pakistani troops have seized a key village in the Taliban stronghold region of South Waziristan, a senior Pakistani military official said Saturday. ...
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