Pakistan beginning assault on Taliban
In an update to yesterday's story about the brazen Taliban attack on Pakistan's military headquarters, bombing runs have begun in the South Waziristan region.
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Pakistani jets bombed militant targets in the main insurgent stronghold along the Afghan border Tuesday ahead of an expected ground offensive there, while the army killed 26 insurgents elsewhere in the northwest, authorities said.
The army says 80 percent of the militant attacks plaguing nuclear-armed Pakistan are planned from South Waziristan, while the United States says insurgent leaders blamed for spiraling violence in Afghanistan are also based in the lawless, remote area.
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