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Taliban
War In
Pakistan (2004-Present) The
fighting began in 2004, when Pakistan's
army entered the region inhabited by
the Waziri tribe in search al-Qaida and
Taliban fighters who were using
Waziristan as a base for attacks
against American and Allied forces in
Afghanistan. Since
the fighting began, Pakistani forces
suffer almost daily casualties due to
roadside bombs and ambushes. The
authority of the central government is
almost nonexistent in the rebellious
tribal borderlands. The
United States aids the Pakistani forces
with intelligence information and with
tactical air strikes on suspected rebel
bases and safe houses. The best known
U.S. airstrike occurred at the village
of Damadola, on January 13, 2006. The
attack occurred in the Bajaur tribal
area, about 4.5 miles) from the Afghan
border. This Predator-drone attack
killed at least 18 people, including
several non-Waziri foreign al-Qaida
fighters. In
July, 2007, following nearly ten months
of an uneasy peace, the Islamic
militants of Waziristan once again
began fighting the Pakistani government
in response to the siege and army
assault on the Red Mosque in Islamabad.
The Red Mosque had been held by Islamic
militants and the Pakistani Army ousted
the militants in a bloody battle.
The
U.S. had been quietly critical of
Musharaff's government for letting the
militants in the Waziristan border
region regroup during the ten-month
truce. After the border region violence
renewed, Washington offered assistance
to Pakistan in terms of arms and other
aid. Rumors of possible American
intervention against the Taliban and
al-Qaida in Waziristan sparked a rebuke
from the Pakistani government that any
such cross-border action would be
opposed. Throughout
late 2008 and into the spring of 2009,
the Taliban continued to make advances
further into Pakistan itself. In April,
the Taliban expanded out of the Swat
Valley into the Buner region, a mere 60
miles from the Pakistani capital of
Islamabad. The Pakistani military
responded with attacks on the Taliban
advance elements, and by early May, the
Swat Valley truce seemed to be in
tatters as combat escalated. Thousands
flee Pakistan valley as truce
crumbles--Associated
Press, May 5, 2009 Reports:
Pak Army strikes in
Waziristan--July
25, 2007 US
points out 9 terror camps in
Waziristan--July
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Marketing You Can Trust Pakistan's
undeclared war--By Zaffar
Abbas, BBC correspondent in
Islamabad The
Taliban's bloody foothold in
Pakistan--Feb. 8, 2006--By
Syed Saleem Shahzad of Asia Times
Online Waziristan
War--Wikipedia article Waziristan-The
Past Overview of Pakistan's (and
by extension the world's) newest
trouble
spot.--detailed
look at Waziristan's people,
geography and history as related
to the current conflict.
Army
in India and Frontier Warfare
1914-1918-- Troops,
Militants Battle in Pakistan
Tribal Region, at Least 36
Killed--Oct. 7, 2007 PREDECESSOR:
(Related conflicts and events that
occurred before) Waziristan
Revolt (1901-1902) Mahsud Revolt
(1919-1920) Waziristan
Revolt
(1919-1920) Waziristan
Revolt (1921-1924) Waziristan
Revolt (1925) Afghan
Civil War
(1978-2001) Bombing
of the World Trade Center
(1993) The
Second Persian Gulf
War
(1991-1992) Bombing
of the USS Cole
(Oct. 12, 2000) 9/11
Terror Attacks (Sept. 11,
2001) CONCURRENT:
(Related conflicts occurring at the same
time) Abu
Sayyef Uprising in the Philippines
Iraq
War (2003-Present) Baluchistan
War (2004-Present) SUCCESSOR:
(Related conflicts that occur
later) |
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