As US Troops Begin Drawdown In Afghanistan, Violence Threatens Pakistan Border -- Christian Science MonitorPakistan has responded to US demands to rout militants from the mountainous border with Afghanistan. Now Pakistan's gains are now being undermined by Taliban attacks.
Six months after NATO forces began a troop reduction from the Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan, a series of cross-border raids by Taliban from the Afghan territory threaten tentative Pakistan Army gains.
Earlier this month, two people were killed and five others injured following a mortar shelling and incursion that originated from Afghanistan. Also, dozens of militants, mainly Pakistani, entered Bajaur from Kunar in a predawn attack, killing one paramilitary and injuring another.
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My Comment: My gut is telling me that we have seen nothing yet .... that when U.S. forces are gone, the real fighting will then resume.
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