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| Troops in control of over 80 percent of Mehsud areas |
| 2009-11-11 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] The Army on Tuesday claimed killing nine more militants to raise the Taliban death tally to 492 since the launch of the military operation in South Waziristan on October 17. Sources said security forces were now controlling more than 80 per cent of the Mehsud areas in the agency as there was no or little resistance from the militants in recent days.They said majority of militants had either fled into the neighbouring North Waziristan and Orakzai Agencies or sneaked into the adjacent districts of Tank and Dera IsmailKhan in the garb of fleeing population. Azam Tariq, spokesman for the Hakimullah Mehsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed on Tuesday in a telephonic call to reporters from an undisclosed location that the Army had so far captured only roads while the Taliban were holding the key locations in forests and mountains. He said they had adopted the hit-and-run policy and were preparing to fight a long guerrilla war against the advancing Army. He also claimed inflicting casualties on security forces, but did not give the exact number. The TTP spokesman said they were ready for tough resistance against the Army. Earlier, he had admitted the death of only 11 Taliban in the operation. Among the nine slain militants, the Army said five were killed in the north of Ladha and four others were eliminated in Tauda Cheena and Fort Knoll areas of Makeen. According to the ISPR, security forces continued a search and clearance operation in Sarai Ghundaka, Kandao, Spinkai and Zariwam areas on the Jandola-Srarogha axis. Security forces have discovered and dismantled a private jail near the Bangalkhel area of Ladha, where they are conducting a search and clearance operation over the past few days. Several caves, bunkers, towers and observation posts of the Taliban were also destroyed in the same area, said the ISPR. On the Razmak-Makeen axis, security forces recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition and arrested one militant from the area. Political administration officials said the troops were in complete control of Makeen, the nerve centre of the TTP. They said the areas of Shakai, Kaniguram and Makeen had been cleared while a search operation was underway in Maidan, Kot Langarkhel and Bazay. Security forces have also established posts on mountains in Srarogha to strengthen their positions. The troops also started a search operation on the Srarogha-Piazha Road. The troops are now advancing towards Janta, Piazha and Makeen from the Srarogha side.Sources said security forces had also started a search operation in the Sam area of Ladha while posts had been established on the hilltops in Karwan Manza, Karam and Delay. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 WAFF > MEMRI > AL-JAZEERA = TALIBAN SEIZE WEAPONS AND AMMO FROM [three?] MILITARY POSTS EVACUATED BY US FORCES [NURISTAN Province under Taliban control, NOT AFGHAN-KABUL Govt?]. Talibs also repor able to arrest many many AFGHAN GOVT. MIL-POLICE Members??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-11-11 23:27 |
| #4 DAILYTIMES.pk > OSAMA IS ALIVE, SAYS HEKMATYR. ARTIC > AAJ.TV = Among other, HEK claims that RUSSIA + IRAN were prepping to "INVADE" AGHANISTAN wid 17,000 troops in league wid AHMED SHAH MEHSUD??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-11-11 22:39 |
| #3 I hope you're right, Angleton9. But Glenmore raises one point. A second is that, as far as I can tell, the Pakistani army is only going after the Pakistani Taliban groups, not the Afghan Taliban groups. That is, those Taliban who aim to drive out the Coalition are being left strictly alone if not actually being aided, while those Taliban who presume to threaten the home turf are being whacked about the head until they give up their foolishness. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-11-11 13:29 |
| #2 Angleton, you are assuming the Pak Army reports of Talis whacked are anything close to accurate. They never have been in the past. Off about an order of magnitude. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-11-11 11:07 |
| #1 Let's look at it. The Paks are killing Taliban to the tune of 10%...in combat if you kill 10% of an enemy unit that unit is HURT bad. A Division with 10% KILLED is destroyed as an effective unit. Wounded to killed is five to seven times that. See how well a man with a wounded leg does in February in the mountains. That will be educational, aint no doctors in the Hindu Kush, dearest. Ever seen an amputation performed with just a can opener? The Taliban are hurt..they are running. They have LOST THE INITIATIVE. In six months they will be bandits stealing goats and scratching themselves with no shoes. The locals will be potting them without Army even being required. The PAK strategy has taken all three of the Taliban concentration centers in the South, that's 80% of their former territory. The PAKS control the roads and they will also eventually control the heights...this is a roads and peaks sort of war. The Taliban are outgunned. They will be sectioned off and chopped up. the North of Wazoo is NEXT. They saw what happened in the South, they will want to "negotiate". When they do the PAKS will move into the borders of Wazoo with Afghanistan. If we were smart we will move in as well with money to buy the local leaders and to plan markets and show some "progress" and spread cell phones and import goats. South Wazoo can be bought, and probably with goats. Dont give the money to PAKS, they will keep it for their own jing jing. Give it to goat dealers and contract that wheeler dealer named Mahmoud who is related to the local cousin of the Goombah of Upper Putz who can build a whatever and take the credit. Get lots of informers and put them all in the rolodex on the Computer. Make sure Uncle gets his cut regularly and who cares about the girl's school. That can wait. Allah is Beneficent, pay me. Here, buy your wife a new pair of earrings. And get back to me on who dont like all the happy happy. More goat? |
| Posted by: Angleton9 2009-11-11 08:47 |