TaimiKhan
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Have reinforcements (divisions) been brought in from outside NWFP? Last one heard, only the ones in Kohat and Peshawar have been moved. How true is that?
Looking at the maps, it struck that the army is operating in a very limited area in the northern part of South Waziristan. Why is this so? Also when the army says it is fighting the Taliban and trying to regain "hold" of South Waziristan, what all areas are we looking at? How many tehsils/districts are under the Taliban... how many of those are is the PA fighting in?
Yups, some formations have been moved to SW, some are from the division based in Kohat, other from outside. Peshawar div formations are deployed on the other sector.
The operation is specifically targeting the TTP stronghold which are the area of domain of the Mehsud tribe, kind of a triangular area.
The other areas left are of the Wazir tribe in SW, they start from the Wana area and moving along the border with Afghanistan goes towards the NW area. Mehsud tribe is surrounded on one side by the wazir tribe area and from the other side by the Bittani tribe.
PA has neutralized the Wazir tribe taliban from supporting the Mehsud tribe, they both do have an old rivalry, the last alliance was also brought between them mostly by the AQ people & Afghan Taliban commanders, rather whenever any alliance has become between them, it has been influenced by the mentioned groups. These two tribes otherwise don't go along well with each other.
Taliban are present in the other areas too, in SW & NW both, but PA & FC do hold considerable ground & have presence in major villages & towns, but the PA or FC had no presence in the Mehsud area villages & towns for past some years.
Also the operation is directed at this specific area as it was in total control of TTP & maximum foreign militants were given refugee by BM & HM in this area & it was the base for launching of all the operations against PA & inside Pakistan.
On the other hand the wazir tribe & the Afghan Taliban living in the wazir tribe dominating area do not wish to fight the PA until provoked or out of frustration have to, they are more focused towards Afghanistan, while the BM & HM TTP was specifically Pakistan oriented & they had no other goal other then to attack PA & activities inside Pakistan.