Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani in the eastern city of Lahore on the 12th announced that Palestinian security forces near the Afghan border in South Waziristan areas to root out the Taliban’s military operations had ended.
October 17 this year, Pakistan’s military in northern Brazil’s South Waziristan tribal region launch a ground offensive against the Taliban, “lair” large-scale encirclement and suppression. According to military statistics, in this code-named “save the road” operation, nearly 600 militants were killed, while there are 80 Pakistani security personnel killed.
Gilani said the operation in South Waziristan victory, security forces in the tribal areas near the orakzai start a new crackdown. But he did not disclose the specific time of action.
According to Pakistani military estimates that about 10000 Taliban entrenched in the South Waziristan region, but with the progress of siege operations, most of the militants had fled to include orakzai including the surrounding area.
Gilani also said that Palestinian security forces earlier this year in north-western Swat valley to military operations in the region has made significant victory in more than 20 million have been displaced by the military conflict, refugees have been returning to their homes.
Gilani also announced that Pakistan has set up national anti-terrorism bureau, responsible for the formulation and implementation of national anti-terrorism strategy.
According to “The New York Times” reported on the 26th in northern Afghanistan has been the United States and the Afghan government as a safe area, defense forces are very weak, but the recent strengthening of the Taliban has begun to gradually invaded the region, threatening the NATO Allied 1 The key supply routes.
According to U.S. media reports, U.S. President Barack Obama October 28, arrived after midnight at Dover Air Force Base, to have just arrived in Afghanistan killed 18 U.S. citizens pay tribute to the body, and met some of the families of the victims.
In response to large-scale suppression by government forces, Pakistan, the Taliban launched tit for tat “human bomb campaign.” However, this does not soften the Pakistani government to the Taliban, “uprooted” determination. The last two days, in the tribal militants and U.S. cooperation with Pakistan army has been close to Taliban leader’s “lair.” The two sides of the “decisive moment” is coming.
Xinhua News Agency, October 9 from Washington, a source said, “The New York Times” site 9, citing a recent U.S. intelligence assessment reported that, according to a rough estimate, the Taliban-led rebel forces in Afghanistan had increased from about 7,000 people in 2006 to the present about 2.5 million people, has almost quadrupled.
Pakistan army action to wipe out the Taliban suffered a major setback on the 20th: a home overlooking the Taliban leaders went so far as the strategic lost it. At the same time, two suicide bombers in the Pakistani capital of the Islamic University campus blew himself up, killing at least six people were killed and 20 injured. The Pakistani government believes that the Department of the bombing the Taliban’s “crazy act of revenge.”
According to October 16 issue of “Global Times” reported that the Taliban in Afghanistan on the 14th open letter to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to seek help, help them to “liberate” Afghanistan, greatly surprised at this attitude so that the outside world.