The Taliban are finding that the Pakistani military is not exactly turning around after the South Waziristan offensive....on the contrary, the troops are pushing on and forward into the Orakzai agency and into Hangu.
The tallies of Taliban dead continue to mount while the military is still absorbing some casualties but overall, the Pakistani military has put a world of hurt on the Taliban in the Northwest provinces.
From the report at DAWN:
The tallies of Taliban dead continue to mount while the military is still absorbing some casualties but overall, the Pakistani military has put a world of hurt on the Taliban in the Northwest provinces.
From the report at DAWN:
Troops advance on Taliban bastions in Hangu, Orakzai
KOHAT: Thirteen terrorists and a soldier were killed in fierce clashes between security forces and the Taliban in Shahu Khel area of Hangu on Sunday.
Sources said that seven security personnel were injured.
Troops destroyed 17 installations, including a communications tower, an FM radio station and a training camp, of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in Kasha and Darha Darh Mamozai areas in the Upper Orakzai agency.
Troops, the sources said, were now targeting militants’ hideouts in other part of Shahu Khel situated in Upper Orakzai from the Shahu Khel area in Hangu.
Reports reaching from the area said that the Taliban had stopped all tribesmen living in the Upper Orakzai from going to other areas because they planned to use them as human shield.
The sources said that security forces would take several days to capture Shahu Khel area of Orakzai which was a stronghold of the Taliban.
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