Okay, the news report here from DAWN is pretty brief but it doesn't take that many words to announce that 61 Taliban jihadists were killed in Khyber and that 87 others were arrested by Pakistani security forces - yep, short and VERY sweet !
What is so encouraging in all of this is that the Pakistani military is dismissing all the fears that we had that they would simply stop their operations once they had cleared a path through South Waziristan...on the contrary....we have seen them continue to push into the other surrounding areas such as Khyber, North Waziristan and Tank. We know that much of the Taliban leadership escaped the South Waziristan offensive but it is now becoming clear that the government forces aren't going to let them rest.
What is so encouraging in all of this is that the Pakistani military is dismissing all the fears that we had that they would simply stop their operations once they had cleared a path through South Waziristan...on the contrary....we have seen them continue to push into the other surrounding areas such as Khyber, North Waziristan and Tank. We know that much of the Taliban leadership escaped the South Waziristan offensive but it is now becoming clear that the government forces aren't going to let them rest.
At least 61 militants killed in Khyber tribal region
ISLAMABAD: At least 61 militants were killed and 87 others, including locals, Uzbeks and Afghans, were arrested during the ongoing search operation in the Khyber tribal region, FC commandant Brigadier Fayyaz told a press conference.
At the press conference in Bara tehsil, Brigadier Fayyaz said security forces cleared most parts of the tehsil and the current operation in the area was successful.
Security forces also recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition. They also destroyed 27 vehicles, ten hideouts and five tunnels. Brigadier Fayyaz said. — DawnNews
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