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Wazoo Agency on Monday, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations.Six murderous Moslems were also killed in the shootout in the mountainous area adjacent to Afghanistan, where troops launched a ground offensive on Aug 20, said the military's media wing.
Lt Col Faisal Malik, who was killed in the fighting, belonged to Abbottabad
... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden....
district.
The army had announced on Thursday that a ground offensive had been launched in Shawal to wipe out bully boy sanctuaries. Before the offensive, military planes carried out air strikes in the area, killing around 100 snuffies including two would-be jacket wallahs.
The offensive, preceded by Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif
..Pak chief of army staff, meaning he pulls the strings on the Nawaz Sharif puppet to make it dance and sing and not do much at all....
's visit to North Waziristan, has been billed as the final and decisive phase of Operation Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
that was launched in June last year.
A tribal elder, who belongs to North Waziristan but is currently living in Bannu because of fighting in his native place, told Dawn by phone that the ongoing action had triggered displacement of civilians from Shawal. A large number of families fled to Afghanistan because other routes were blocked, he added.
Our Correspondent adds from Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
: Sources said the exchange of fire took place after snuffies belonging to the Mehsud Taliban group ambushed a convoy of security forces in Lwar Pungai.
Azam Tariq, the front man for the Mehsud Taliban, called Dawn from an unspecified location and said his group had carried out the attack. He claimed that 50 soldiers were killed and 10 vehicles destroyed, adding that one bully boy suffered minor injuries in the attack.