PESHAWAR: Aircraft bombed militants in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Tuesday as government forces prepare for a ground offensive against the militant hub, security officials said.
The government says most attacks in the country including four big ones over the past week that killed more than 100 people are plotted in South Waziristan, the main bastion of al-Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban and their allies.

There's been a heavy bombardment. They targeted some militant hideouts as well as pro-Taliban tribal elders, said an intelligence agency official in the region, who declined to be identified.

Two ethnic Pashtun tribal elders were said to have been killed, he said.

Later, militants attacked a nearby military camp in the North Waziristan region, triggering a clash, residents and intelligence officials said.

Militant attacks have intensified as the army prepares to launch a ground offensive, with 41 people killed in a suicide bomb attack on Monday after a brazen weekend raid on the army's headquarters in Rawalpindi.

A ground offensive in South Waziristan could be the army's toughest test since the militants turned on the state.

The army has not said when it would begin but Interior Minister Rehman Malik said at the weekend it was imminent.

Air, artillery strikes

The military has been conducting air and artillery strikes for months, while deploying troops, blockading the region and trying to win over factions among various groups.

About 28,000 troops have been put in place to take on an estimated 10,000 hardcore Taliban, army officials said earlier.

Pakistani Taliban fighters made advances towards Islamabad early this year, raising fears about the stability of the country.

But government forces have made gains against the militants in recent months, largely driving them out of the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, and their leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was killed by a missile fired by a US drone aircraft in August.

But the militants are hitting back.

The army said Pakistani Taliban commander Waliur Rehman was behind Saturday's attack on its headquarters in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad.

Commandos stormed an office building near the headquarters and rescued 39 people taken hostage by gunmen after an attack at a main gate of the headquarters.

Nine militants, three hostages and 11 soldiers were killed. Reuters

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Is there any other country in the world that does that?? Bomb its own territory?

What is amazing is that this Towelbahn strike back by murdering their own people in droves. Maybe in their warped and simple Jihadi mines this is the way to garner the hearts and minds of the local population

If gay arse Hellinic NATO boyz do their job right in Afghanistan..they won't flow out of the tub..60 hellenic cooks in NATO force ....wat their job ???blowjob....
And pussy arse Indian....actin like peace loving Gandu ji generation and fanning more atrocities by pumping money and weapon among taliban wahabies..


PEACE

How is it a Greeks problem? We sent troops there to help the Afghan people and try to convert their hearts and minds. We also tolerate so may Phukastani economic refugees in Greece. They should be sent back home to become towelbahn. But then again who will clean our toilets? Your Phucked up Intelligence service created this Frankenstein who eventually will destroy your gypsy hodge podge country! Your army is full of traitors and Towelbahn sympathisers. Your soldiers desert and run away from these fighters. So phuck off key board warrior!

Have some respect for these guys dude......

And, Pakistani government is not stupid to do this(the bombings) for no reason. They get paid for every bombing sortie they undertake.

Peace comes not from the absence of trouble but from presence of god........

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So pakistan is just bombing the hell out of MuzzLlms. Where are the champion of human rights violations now???

while people will keep on giving juice bad name

SURRENDER OF PAKI ARMY IN 1971
1N 1971 A NEW HISTORY AS WELL AS A NEW NATION WAS CREATED BY WE THE INDIANS..