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KALAYA: A large number of militants were killed in clashes with security forces in different areas of Orakzai Agency on Sunday.
Official sources said militants attacked a security post with rockets and machineguns in Ferozkhel area near Kalaya. Troops retaliated and managed to repulse the attack.
An official claimed that six militants were killed in the action.
In another incident, militants fired rockets at an army base in Kalaya which landed in nearby fields.
In retaliation troops used artillery pieces to pound militants’ positions on hilltops. The sources said three hideouts were destroyed and five militants killed.
Forces took control of Gedra area in Ferozkhel.
AP adds:
Military helicopter gunships bombed hideouts of militants in nearby Chapri Ferozkhel area, killing 12 of them.
The government says more than 100 suspected militants and five soldiers have been killed in fighting in the region in the last week. Officials said the militants killed so far include Uzbeks and Arabs.It's enough that I know, Our time had a home, In your heart..Was a place..But the glass always breaks..Comment
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Youd be surprised at how many of these TTP were uzbeks, tajiks and arabs for obvious reasons i.e the northern alliance which has a vendetta not just against pakistanis but even a bigger grudge against pashtuns..thats why they were so ruthless in causing heavocOriginally posted by Master Khan View PostIt's enough that I know, Our time had a home, In your heart..Was a place..But the glass always breaks..Comment
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Written by Sim Tack
Last Wednesday morning the Pakistani military officially started the offensive in the Orakzai area, where now most of the TTP are believed to be sheltered. The actual ground operations, however, had started on March 21st when Pakistani artillery fired a barrage at the village of Arghanjo and Pakistani troops moved from Shahu Khel into Kasha, which the troops had been trying to conquer for months, this time with success. On Tuesday, March 23rd, Pakistani artillery shelled the villages of Anjani and Sultanzai. They caused Taliban casualties with these and some Taliban started to retreat with their wounded in the direction of the Tirah valley. Wednesday the main push of the offensive moved for Kalaya. Frontier Corps forces took control of the city and set up checkpoints. During the same push the soldiers also conquered the villages of Anjani and Feroz Khel. Skirmishes continued as the Pakistani military continued to sweep the area and Taliban militants fired missiles and mortars into Kalaya. On Friday morning a unit of insurgents, that had found its escape route to the Tirah valley cut off, launched an assault on a checkpoint near Kalaya. After hours of firefighting the Frontier Corps was able to regain control of the checkpoint. Militants also tried to assault Feroz Khel but their attempts were beaten back. On Saturday several more skirmishes took place and Pakistani artillery shelled villages across the region (Anjani, Sultanzai, Bizoti, Mamozai and Shadal), possibly softening Taliban positions that will be assaulted as the offensive progresses. The Pakistani military was also able to take control of Gaidra, a terrorist stronghold that had been under Taliban control for the last six years. Today, on Monday, Taliban elements continue to launch attacks on the Gaidra and Feroz Khel villages, but Pakistani troops are successful at beating them back.
That is where the offensive currently stands, with Pakistani forces consolidating their gains and sweeping for remaining insurgent activity in the villages they have conquered. The next move of the offensive will likely see the main push advance west toward Tajaka and Ghiljo. At this point either the main force of the offensive, or the troops currently located at Kasha would move towards Shadal, Mamozai and Arghanjo, separated from the rest of Orakzai by mountains. Orakzai is not easy terrain to conquer in conventional military operations, and the unforgiving mountains and forests help the terrorists in their entrenched positions. The Pakistani forces so far have displayed great ability and professionalism in their offensives against the Taliban, which bolsters beliefs that they could be able to secure the Orakzai region and the entire FATA from Taliban activity. These conventional pushes, however, are merely the beginning of the task at hand. In order to maintain order and allow the FATA to integrate under Pakistani control the government will be required to gain control of these areas in every way possible. The military offensives need to be followed immediately by installment of a rule of law and police forces as well as development initiatives to allow these abandoned regions to grow closer to Pakistan. If this does not happen these offensives are sadly wastes of time. While the Pakistani forces seem very thorough in their sweep for insurgents, practically searching every single house before declaring a village safe, this is of no use if no Counter Insurgency strategy is applied in the follow-up of these operations. If the FATA is left back to what it was, it will only take so much time before terrorists return to their safe haven.
The success of the current offensive in the Orakzai region also does not mean a success in clearing the whole FATA of Taliban activity. The militants in South Waziristan numbered 6,000 to 7,000 but as militants flee form region to region, hunted by the Pakistani military, more and more militants will gather in a single area, causing a denser spread of insurgents and intenser fighting. At this moment the Taliban seem to be regrouping in the Tirah vally north of the Orakzai region. It is unclear whether the government will move immediately to clear the Tirah valley from insurgents after taking full control of Orakzai, or whether it will first conduct its planned operations in North Waziristan. Perhaps the Pakistani military will be able to use the Tirah valley as a death trap for the militants by leaving it as a last resort. After operations in North Waziristan and Kurram it would have forced the active militants to withdraw to the Tirah valley, which it could then isolate and secure. On the other hand the Tirah valley could also be secured right away in order to push militants out toward Kurram and North Waziristan, although this would be a less advantageous position for the Pakistani military as an isolation of this area will prove a lot more difficult and the possibility of escape to Afghanistan or other parts of Pakistan becomes real.It's enough that I know, Our time had a home, In your heart..Was a place..But the glass always breaks..Comment
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31 killed in Orakzai offensive
Updated at: 1450 PST, Tuesday, March 30, 2010
PESHAWAR: Thirty-one militants were killed during security forces operation in Orakzai Agency.
According to sources, security forces operation is underway in different parts of Orakzai Agency.
Fighter jets pounded militants’ positions in Arghanja area killing 21 militants and injuring 22. A training center has also destroyed during the action.
Earlier, ten militants were killed by security forces in Anjani area. At least 150 militants have been killed during a weeklong operation in Mashti, Arghanja, Bal Kot, Talay, Waziray and Ikka Khel, sources added.It's enough that I know, Our time had a home, In your heart..Was a place..But the glass always breaks..Comment
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Air strike kills 26 militants in Orakzai agency
PESHAWAR March 30 (APP): At least twenty-six militants were killed, ten injured and three hideouts destroyed, as fighter aircraft pounded the suspected hideouts of militants in Orakzai agency on Tuesday. The jet fighters targeted suspected positions of the militants in Anjani area in lower Orakzai agency which resulted in killing of six militants and destruction of three compounds of the banned outfit of the militants.
Similarly twenty militants were killed and ten others injured when fighter aircraft targeted militants hideouts in Arghunjo area of tehsil Mamozai in Upper Orakzai agency.
Mamozai is a strong base of the defunct TTP Chief Hakimullah Meshud, whose death in US drone strikes still shrouded in mystery.
The operation against militants had been launched a week back and, so far, dozens of militants have been killed and injured.
Meanwhile police in Hangu districts arrested five suspected militants during various raids in parts of the district.
District Police Officer Hangu Farid Khan Bangash said important revelations are expected from the arrested accused during interrogation.It's enough that I know, Our time had a home, In your heart..Was a place..But the glass always breaks..Comment
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Dame it look like most of these khanzeerans move to Orakzai agency.
for how long these khanzeerans will be running across FATA and NWFP.Comment
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Pakistani troops kill 28 militants in northwest
Pakistani troops kill 28 militants in northwest
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9 hours ago PARACHINAR, Pakistan — Pakistani troops stormed militant positions and helicopters destroyed vehicles carrying insurgents near the Afghan border Thursday, killing 28 suspected militants and forcing thousands of civilians to flee, officials said.
The offensive in the Orakzai tribal region is aimed at flushing out Pakistani Taliban insurgents who had fled an army onslaught further south. Government official Sami Ullah said at least 18 militants died in clashes with troops in Orakzai.
As a group of insurgents fled to the neighboring Kurram region, helicopters hit three vehicles, killing 10 more militants and wounding some others, local military commander Lt. Col. Akbar Butt said.
Orakzai is a major base for supporters of Hakimullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban's top commander, who is believed to have died in a January U.S. missile strike near Afghanistan. The Taliban deny Mehsud is dead.
The militants have been fleeing to Orakzai and other parts of the northwest to avoid the army's offensive in the South Waziristan tribal region, long a Pakistani Taliban stronghold.
Tens of thousands of Orakzai residents have fled the area over the past few months as the military has launched airstrikes and other operations there.
Over the past 10 days, at least 10,000 civilians have moved to a camp set up by the government in the Kohat area just outside the tribal belt, said Janzeb Khan, a government official. The government is providing food and other facilities to them, he said.
Orakzai usually has a population of 450,000 and borders the tribal regions of Khyber and Kurram.
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