Why Is Pakistan's Military Holding Back in North Waziristan

From Time Magazine:

It took just a few months for the Pakistani military to clear the Swat Valley's lush, mountainous tribal terrain of its Taliban usurpers last summer, using some 30,000 troops to dislodge the guerrillas from the once-bustling tourist haven, 80 miles northwest of the capital Islamabad. Now, however, almost a year after winning the war, the same number of troops are still in place in order to hold Swat, rebuild it and prevent a Taliban resurgence — and that may keep Islamabad from going after the extremists in other parts of Pakistan's unruly frontier with Afghanistan.

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My Comment: The Pakistanis are looking at this conflict from a long term point of view. The Americans have the opposite viewpoint .... they want to get out in a few years.

The Pakistanis are going to take their time, and will use drone strikes to slowly degrade the Taliban's influence.