THE AFGHAN-WAZIRISTAN SURGE IS WORKING, TOO

THESE REPORTS DO NOT MAKE MEE FELL LIKE WE ARE LOSING - QUITE THE OPPOSITE...

ARAB TIMES:

(AFP): Around 250 Islamic militants and 60 troops have been killed in just over a month of fighting in Pakistan’s tribal belt, the army said Friday, following intense US pressure to pacify the area.

Two new suicide bombings rocked the rugged region on the border with Afghanistan on Friday, claiming the lives of another six Pakistani soldiers and six rebels, officials said.

The Pashtun-dominated tribal zone has been wracked by violence since a controversial peace pact between the Pakistani government and pro-Taleban rebels in the region broke down in mid-July.

Embattled President Pervez Musharraf has also been warding off threats from Washington, his main backer, to go it alone and launch military strikes on al-Qaeda and Taleban insurgents said to have regrouped in the area.

“Some 250 militants have been killed in operations in the tribal districts in the past four to six weeks. Sixty soldiers have also been martyred,” chief military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad told AFP.

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