Pakistan's War Against The Taliban

Fighting between militants and the military has driven thousands of people into refugee camps in Pakistan’s tribal areas. Tariq Mahmood/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Confronting Taliban, Pakistan Finds Itself at War
-- New York Times

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — War has come to Pakistan, not just as terrorist bombings, but as full-scale battles, leaving Pakistanis angry and dismayed as the dead, wounded and displaced turn up right on their doorstep.

An estimated 250,000 people have now fled the helicopters, jets, artillery and mortar fire of the Pakistani Army, and the assaults, intimidation and rough justice of the Taliban who have dug into Pakistan’s tribal areas.

About 20,000 people are so desperate that they have flooded over the border from the Bajaur tribal area to seek safety in Afghanistan.

Many others are crowding around this northwest Pakistani city, where staff members from the United Nations refugee agency are present at nearly a dozen camps.

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My Comment: It was the Taliban and their radical allies that have been at war with Pakistani society and government for years. The only difference is that they have crossed the line this year, and the Pakistani Government and the military are now responding in kind.