ISLAMABAD -Pakistani security forces targeted militants fleeing a major army offensive close to the Afghan border Monday, killing 10 of them, an army officer said.
Heavy artillery and helicopter gunships were used to hit suspected militants in Kurram district, said Maj. Fazlur Rehman, a spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps. He said insurgents who had recently arrived in the region from nearby South Waziristan were the targets.
The army deployed 30,000 troops against the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan in mid-October and has retaken many towns in the region. But most of the some 10,000 militants along with their leaders are believed to have fled to Kurram and Orakzai to the north rather than fight.
The United States has welcomed the effort, but wants the Pakistanis to do more against the insurgents in the border area blamed for violence across the border in Afghanistan.
It was impossible to independently report on the fighting in Kurram because journalists are banned from visiting the region and others close to Afghanistan.
Just remember Europe if it weren't for the Americans you'd be speaking German.........or if America didn't enter the war...you'd be speaking Russian
did you know Ireland is underwater? Where is American AID? could it because Ireland is a white nation?
Obama is from Kenya..so if there were a disaster in that country I'll bet
the planes would be in the air loaded with free stuff from the bad people of America.
Obama needs to be nutered in next years elections.
or maybe a military coup to stop this American prez from ruining our country...of course this is just my worthless opinion.....but think about what he's done in such a short period of time. America's defict is so out of control the American people can never pay for it.