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Pakistan threw more than 30,000 soldiers into a long-anticipated ground
offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban strongholds along the Afghan
border yesterday, following two weeks in which militants have killed
more than 175 people across the country. Early reports suggested the
advancing troops were meeting fierce resistance from
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The United States has been pushing the government to carry out the
assault in South Waziristan, which it must now attempt to complete
before the onset of winter snows in early December.
Pakistan
has fought three unsuccessful campaigns since 2001 in the region, which
is the heartland of Pakistani insurgents fighting the US-backed
government. The area is also a major base for foreign militants
planning attacks on Nato forces in
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Afghanistan and on targets in the west. Pakistani sources claim there
are up to 1,500 foreign fighters and 10,000 local Taliban fighters in
the region.
After months of aerial bombing, Pakistan's cabinet
yesterday ordered troops into the region from several directions,
heading to the insurgent bases of
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At least 11 suspected insurgents were killed, while a bomb hit a
security convoy, killing one soldier and wounding three others,
intelligence officials said.