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Posts Tagged ‘Hafiz Gul Bahadur’

South Waziristan, Once Again a Battleground

By Mohsin Sehgal • May 26th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Following successful talks between Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Hakimullah Mahsud-led banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Mahsud militants along with some Punjabi Taliban have finally started leaving North Waziristan for the adjoining South Waziristan tribal region.
Tribesmen were astonished when they saw markets in Miramshah, the principal town of North Waziristan, and [...]



Battlefield : South Waziristan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 26th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It was primarily Baitullah Mehsud’s intransigence that the peace accord got busted in Malakand and FATA on numerous occassion between the Pakistani government and the militants or even with the tribes. It was due to the Baitullah Mehsud that terrorists started their retaliation in the towns and cities of the Pakistan. Baitullah has ordered his [...]