longwarjournal.org - 12/29/2008
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A Pakistani Army soldier sits on an armored vehicle as he patrols in Matta in Swat, where the Taliban has effectively taken control of the settled district and neighboring Shangla. AP photo.
The Pakistani military continues to withdraw forces from the troubled Northwest ...
longwarjournal.org - 12/30/2008
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NATO's vital supply link through the Northwest Frontier
Province has been shut down as the Pakistani military...
launched an operation to clear the Taliban from the area. "Supplies to NATO forces have temporarily been suspended," Tariq Hayat Khan, ...
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Pakistan shuts down NATO supply line through Khyber Pass
longwarjournal.org - 12/28/2008
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Taliban suicide bombers struck on both sides of
the Durand Line, killing 51 and wounding score more...
in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The suicide attack in Pakistan took place in the settled district of Buner in the insurgency-infested Northwest ...
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Taliban suicide bomber strike in Pakistan, Afghanistan
longwarjournal.org - 12/26/2008
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As tensions rise between India and Pakistan over
last month's terror assault in Mumbai, the Pakistani is...
withdrawing troops from the tribal areas and redeploying to the eastern border with India. Pakistan's redeployment of forces from the ...
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Pakistan deploys troops from tribal areas to the Indian ...
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Bill Roggio: Pakistani military continues to withdraw from the tribal areas
Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... Monday, 29 December 2008 More troops are being pulled from Bajaur, Mohmand, and the North and South Waziristan tribal agencies. Another division is thought to be leaving the northwest. read ...
Pakistan Closes NATO Supply Line to Afghanistan. Again.
Weekly Standard Blog —
... The Taliban is no longer bottled up in the small agencies of Bajaur and North and South Waziristan. They rule Swat and Shangla, and are poised to take control of Peshawar. Yet the Pakistani military is withdrawing an estimated two divisions of troops from the northwest to station then on the Indian front. The Taliban clearly has the initiative and the upper hand in the northwest. This is why the US is seeking alternative supply routes into Afghanistan. ...
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