Video grab of Pakistani soldier manning a machine gun during a battle between Pakistani security forces and Taliban in the South Waziristan region Photo: REUTERS Pakistani Taliban: Whole Country Is Now A War Zone -- The Telegraph
Qari Hussain, one of the leaders of the Pakistani Taliban, has declared the whole country to be a war zone.
His reported comments were made as two Pakistani soldiers, including a brigadier, were killed when suspected Taliban gunmen attacked their vehicle in a drive-by shooting in a suburb of Islamabad which left the windscreen peppered with bullet holes.
Their driver, also a soldier, was injured, police said.
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