Local residents stand beside the wreckage of a vehicle at the site of a suicide bombing in Baka Khel area near Bannu, Pakistan on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. A suicide car bomber attacked a vehicle in Baka Khel killing five people, including Maulvi Abdul Hakim, a tribal leader who was instrumental in allowing security forces to pass through the area and gain access to the North Waziristan tribal region, official said.
"The military, backed by gunship helicopters is fully prepared for a major offensive against insurgents in Waziristan. The fresh contingents of security forces have been dispatched to South Waziristan to launch a full scale assault against the militants," a senior Pakistan military official told a Press TV correspondent on Sunday on condition of anonymity.
The military reported Monday that five security forces and some 15 militants were killed as Pakistan's army and militants traded rocket and mortar fires in North Waziristan in a pre-dawn attack.
Meanwhile, the local administration has issued indefinite curfew in Tehsil Razmik, a region in North Waziristan, urging people to take refugee in safer areas as the operation is looming.
In recent months, an increasing number of people have fled the Makeen and Ladha regions in South Waziristan to relatively safer towns.
More than 2 million people were displaced by the fighting in the Swat Valley and more than 230,000 of them live in refugee camps. International agencies say the emergency could become much worse if there is a further exodus from Waziristan.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
DTN News: Pakistan TODAY September 29, 2009 ~ Pakistanis Flee As Army 'Tightens' Grip On Militants
DTN News: Pakistan TODAY September 29, 2009 ~ Pakistanis Flee As Army 'Tightens' Grip On Militants
*Source: DTN News / Int'l Media
(NSI News Source Info) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - September 29, 2009: As the Pakistani army dispatches fresh troops to Waziristan tribal areas to launch a major offensive against local militants, residents of the area begin migrating to safe places. Local residents stand beside the wreckage of a vehicle at the site of a suicide bombing in Baka Khel area near Bannu, Pakistan on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. A suicide car bomber attacked a vehicle in Baka Khel killing five people, including Maulvi Abdul Hakim, a tribal leader who was instrumental in allowing security forces to pass through the area and gain access to the North Waziristan tribal region, official said.
"The military, backed by gunship helicopters is fully prepared for a major offensive against insurgents in Waziristan. The fresh contingents of security forces have been dispatched to South Waziristan to launch a full scale assault against the militants," a senior Pakistan military official told a Press TV correspondent on Sunday on condition of anonymity.
The military reported Monday that five security forces and some 15 militants were killed as Pakistan's army and militants traded rocket and mortar fires in North Waziristan in a pre-dawn attack.
Meanwhile, the local administration has issued indefinite curfew in Tehsil Razmik, a region in North Waziristan, urging people to take refugee in safer areas as the operation is looming.
In recent months, an increasing number of people have fled the Makeen and Ladha regions in South Waziristan to relatively safer towns.
More than 2 million people were displaced by the fighting in the Swat Valley and more than 230,000 of them live in refugee camps. International agencies say the emergency could become much worse if there is a further exodus from Waziristan.
Local residents stand beside the wreckage of a vehicle at the site of a suicide bombing in Baka Khel area near Bannu, Pakistan on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. A suicide car bomber attacked a vehicle in Baka Khel killing five people, including Maulvi Abdul Hakim, a tribal leader who was instrumental in allowing security forces to pass through the area and gain access to the North Waziristan tribal region, official said.
"The military, backed by gunship helicopters is fully prepared for a major offensive against insurgents in Waziristan. The fresh contingents of security forces have been dispatched to South Waziristan to launch a full scale assault against the militants," a senior Pakistan military official told a Press TV correspondent on Sunday on condition of anonymity.
The military reported Monday that five security forces and some 15 militants were killed as Pakistan's army and militants traded rocket and mortar fires in North Waziristan in a pre-dawn attack.
Meanwhile, the local administration has issued indefinite curfew in Tehsil Razmik, a region in North Waziristan, urging people to take refugee in safer areas as the operation is looming.
In recent months, an increasing number of people have fled the Makeen and Ladha regions in South Waziristan to relatively safer towns.
More than 2 million people were displaced by the fighting in the Swat Valley and more than 230,000 of them live in refugee camps. International agencies say the emergency could become much worse if there is a further exodus from Waziristan.
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