Afghanistan-Pakistan: On Ground Updates - June 28, 2008

Afghanistan-Pakistan:
On Ground Updates

Pakistan Military Launches Major Offensive...
Against Taliban In Khyber Tribal Region
Saturday, June 28, 2008

Guardian.co.uk website has the story and it starts off like this... Pakistani forces bombarded suspected militant hideouts with mortar shells Saturday as the government launched a major offensive against Taliban fighters threatening the main city in the country's volatile northwest, officials said... The offensive in the Khyber tribal region marked the first major military action Pakistan's newly elected government has taken against the militants operating in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan...
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Pakistan bombards suspected Taliban hideouts

VOANews.com reports it this way... The Pakistani military has launched a new offensive against Taliban militants near the northern city of Peshawar, prompting a leading Taliban commander to temporarily call off peace talks with the government... Saturday's action near the northern city of Peshawar came after officials said Friday there is credible evidence the Taliban was preparing for an assault on the North West Frontier Province capital...
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Pakistani Forces Attack Taliban Near Peshawar

OnlineNews.com.pk website has this informative report up this early afternoon our time and it starts off like this... A military operation has been started against the militants in Khyber Agency while Amir Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baitullah Mehsud has announced to suspend peace agreements with the government against the operation... According to sources, 9 armored personnel carriers (APCs) and more contingents of FC have been sent to Tehsil Bara from Tehsil Jamrood and 3 tanks have also been arrived in Bara Bazaar... Army spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas said that the army is readying the paramilitary Frontier Corps to target militants in the Khyber tribal region, next to Peshawar. Khyber is also a key route for moving US military supplies into neighboring Afghanistan...
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Operation started in Khyber Agency, Baitullah announces to halt talks with Govt

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While their at it... maybe they will get lucky and take out al Qaeda’s Number One and Two, Osama bin Laden & Ayman al-Zawahiri.
AubreyJ.........