Pakistan Military Closes In on Taliban Stronghold
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 7:10 a.m. ET
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistani forces pressing an offensive inside the militant stronghold of South Waziristan are closing in on a major Taliban base there and have killed two dozen insurgents over the last 24 hours, the army said Friday.
The reported advances came a day after the army displayed passports apparently belonging to two suspects in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that soldiers found in an abandoned building in the remote region close to the Afghan border.
The Pakistani military launched a ground offensive earlier this month in the rugged, tribally controlled region of South Waziristan, where the Pakistani Taliban are based and are believed to shelter al-Qaida leaders.
It has deployed about 30,000 troops against some 5,000 to 8,000 militants, a top general said Thursday during a rare visit to the battle area by journalists. His estimate included up to 1,500 foreign fighters, most of them Uzbeks.
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Filed at 7:10 a.m. ET
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistani forces pressing an offensive inside the militant stronghold of South Waziristan are closing in on a major Taliban base there and have killed two dozen insurgents over the last 24 hours, the army said Friday.
The reported advances came a day after the army displayed passports apparently belonging to two suspects in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that soldiers found in an abandoned building in the remote region close to the Afghan border.
The Pakistani military launched a ground offensive earlier this month in the rugged, tribally controlled region of South Waziristan, where the Pakistani Taliban are based and are believed to shelter al-Qaida leaders.
It has deployed about 30,000 troops against some 5,000 to 8,000 militants, a top general said Thursday during a rare visit to the battle area by journalists. His estimate included up to 1,500 foreign fighters, most of them Uzbeks.
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