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 [...]
Reporting from Sargodha, Pakistan - One by one, recruits from Pakistan’s Punjab heartland would make the seven-hour drive to Waziristan, where they would pull up to an office that made no secret of its mission.
The signboard above the office door read “Tehrik-e-Taliban.” In a largely ungoverned city like Miram Shah, there was no reason [...]
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the lead terrorist of the country right now is vacating areas of South Waziristan agency while putting up little fight in the way of Pakistani security forces.
Kotkai, Sararogha, Ladha and now Makeen is loosely under the control of the security forces. There was little resistance along the way and [...]
The operation Rah-e-Nijat has started in the South Waziristan and the gunship helicopters supported by the artillery are targeting the terrorist strongholds in the Ladha area, which is considered the head quarters of the Baitullah Mehsud and his armed gang of thousands.
Incomprehensible publicity of South Waziristan operation, days before its start, especially the by the [...]
Just couple of months ago, Baitullah Mehsud head of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan announced one-sided ceasefire with the security forces of Pakistan and he announced that he is not going to send suicide bombers to the mainland Pakistan.
Before this ceasefire, some very good news came from the FATA as three Taliban commanders united and supported the security [...]
