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  • Pakistan battles militants crossing from Afghanistan for 5th day in a row

    By Associated Press, Published: August 28

    KHAR, Pakistan — Officials say there’s been a fifth day of battles between Pakistani security forces and anti-Taliban militiamen against militants who crossed from Afghanistan.

    A Pakistani military official says 11 militants and three security personnel were killed in fighting Tuesday in the Bajur tribal area in northwest Pakistan. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters.

    A local government official in the Salarzai area of Bajur that is under attack, Jahangir Azam Wazir, said two militiamen and two civilians were also killed.

    Another local official, Nazamin Khan, said many people are still stuck in villages in Salarzai where fighting has been most fierce.

    The military said Monday that 31 militants, three security personnel and two militiamen were killed in the first four days of fighting.


    Pakistan battles militants crossing from Afghanistan for 5th day in a row - The Washington Post
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    We have a Pakistani version of Ben here
    No such thing as a good tax - Churchill

    To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Doktor View Post
      We have a Pakistani version of Ben here
      How so?

      I assume you are referring to bigross86 when you say Ben ...
      Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic state to be ruled by priests with a divine mission - Jinnah
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      • #4
        Originally posted by Agnostic Muslim View Post
        How so?

        I assume you are referring to bigross86 when you say Ben ...
        Yes,

        Trying to place positive propaganda over your country. Which is not bad. Just be ready for some bites ;)
        No such thing as a good tax - Churchill

        To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Doktor View Post
          Yes,

          Trying to place positive propaganda over your country. Which is not bad. Just be ready for some bites ;)
          lol - I would not call the article in the OP 'positive propaganda' necessarily - its more along the lines of criticism of the GoIRA/NATO, though you are correct that a follow up argument on the back of these accounts of militants from Eastern Afghanistan attacking Pakistan would be to point out that these attacks validate the Pakistani position that controlling cross border movement is much harder than the Western press and governments try to make it out to be when blaming Pakistan for attacks in Afghanistan.
          Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic state to be ruled by priests with a divine mission - Jinnah
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