Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Pakistan Civil War News Updates -- November 17, 2009



Pakistan Seizes Main Taliban Bases, Hunts Rebels -- Reuters

SARAROGHA, Pakistan, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Pakistani forces have captured most main Taliban bases in their offensive in South Waziristan and will soon fan out into the rugged countryside to hunt for militants there, commanders said on Tuesday.

Soldiers have advanced faster than expected in their month-long offensive, seizing main roads and Taliban bases but militant leaders have apparently melted away while their bombers have unleashed carnage in towns.

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More News On Pakistan

Taliban leader 'flees Pakistan'
-- BBC
Pakistan says towns cleared in Taliban offensive -- AFP
Pakistan Army Claims Gains Against Taliban In South Waziristan -- NPR
Pakistan’s Gilani Says Waziristan Assault to End Soon -- Bloomberg
Blast in Pakistan's Quetta; 2 killed, several injured -- Times of India
Bomb targeting police chief wounds 6 in Pakistan -- AP
Homes of Anti-Taliban Tribal Elders Attacked in Pakistan -- Voice of America
Militants target Pakistan elders -- BBC
Militants change tack in Pakistan -- Asia Times
‘Taliban tap Punjab heartland for recruits’ -- Daily Times
How Peshawar copes with bombings -- BBC
"Legislative coup' looms in Pakistan? -- MSNBC

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