Pakistan takes on Taliban on Afghan border

Dawn:

Pakistani troops repulsed a Taliban attack Sunday on an army base and bombed two militant hide-outs close to the Afghan border, killing 22 insurgents in a region where the army is pressing an offensive, a government official said.


The fighting occurred in Orakzai tribal region where many militants are believed to have fled from a major operation in their former stronghold of South Waziristan.


The official, Samiullah Khan, said a group of militants attacked the base with rockets and automatic weapons. Security forces retaliated and killed 10 attackers.


The military helicopter gun ships later bombed the hide-outs in nearby Chapri Ferozkhel area, killing another 12 of them, he added.


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Pakistan claims a total of 100 enemy KIAs in the last week.

While the government has not really announced an offensive in this area, the enemy attacks are giving them an opportunity they are taking advantage of. It appears that these frontier forces have improved significantly since they received training from US special forces. The enemy is finding it difficult to attack a well defended position and the army is using its air assets to take away enemy hiding places. I suspect the choppers fired rockets into the enemy position and did not bomb it.

The Taliban is now feeling pressure on both sides of the border. This should effect their ability to operate in Afghanistan at some point.

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