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Is it Miranshah, seems the city is totally destroyed.

When you can't diffuse IED's planted in every house and can't diffuse them individually, unfortunately this what has to be done

He looks very young. How old was he?

25-28. Killed by sniper during clearing operation in Mir Ali
 
Is it Miranshah, seems the city is totally destroyed.

Nahin yaar.

city is OK. These are small sections that were taken over by Qaida and Talib goons.

Watch the full videos of journalists touring the area. you will know the overall scope.
 
U.S. Drone Strikes
  • A U.S. drone on July 16 fired on a compound and killed at least 18 suspected militants in the Saidgai area of Datta Khel sub-district, North Waziristan Agency. The Express Tribune reported that the strike targeted a house and a vehicle, killing 20 militants and injuring five militants. According to a senior intelligence official, the strikes targeted a compound being used by foreign militants.[1]
North Waziristan Operation
  • On July 16, in the Shawal Valley, North Waziristan, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) airstrikes killed at least 35 militants attempting to flee into South Waziristan.[2]
  • Pakistan Army spokesman General Asim Saleem Bajwa told reporters in Lahore on July 15 that the Army launched ground operations against militants in Mir Ali on July 14.[3]
  • A total of five soldiers and eleven militants were killed in two separate clashes between Pakistan Army soldiers and militants in and around Mir Ali on July 15. On the evening of July 15, fighting between militants and Pakistani military forces in Mir Ali killed four militants and two soldiers including an army captain. Two additional soldiers were injured in the evening clashes. During the day of July 15, three soldiers and seven militants were killed in a firefight in Fateh Khel area near Mir Ali.[4]
  • On July 16, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss the ongoing Operation Zarb-e-Azb.[5]
Bajaur Operation
  • On July 15, Mamund tribesmen met and decided to form a local militia to support the Pakistan Army military operation targeting militants in Mamund sub-district, Bajaur Agency. On July 16, Mamund tribesmen assisted the district administration in targeting militant hideouts and reportedly set fire to several militant houses, killing two suspected militants and injuring six. The tribesmen formed the militia after Bajaur Agency authorities demanded they hand over the militants responsible for the July 12 attack in Ghakki pass, Bajaur. Bajaur Agency political and military authorities had reportedly threatened on July 15 to launch a targeted military operation if the tribesmen did not comply with their requests. According to sources in the Bajaur administration, security forces and the administration had finalized plans to launch an operation in Mamund sub-district. On July 16, a tribal council met with security officials to persuade them to cancel their previous decision to launch the operation. During the meeting, tribesmen led by National Assembly member Bismillah Khan agreed to establish the Mamund Peace Committee to patrol Mamund and the surrounding areas and to secure the Pak-Afghan border in Mamund, Bajaur Agency. The Committee promised to revive former peace militias and take action against those granting militants safe haven. In exchange, the tribal leaders secured the right of their respective tribespeople to return to their homes.[6]
  • At least 25,000 people from Mamund sub-district left their homes on July 15 in anticipation of a targeted military operation against militants in Mamund sub-district, Bajaur Agency. Dawn reported that the Mamund political administration refused to provide any assistance to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of July 16. According to The News, the people of Loy Mamund were allowed to return to their homes after talks between tribesmen and security officials on July 16.[7]
Capture of TTP Commander Rashid
  • On July 16, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) confirmed the July 11 arrest of TTP Commander Adnan Rashid in the Shakai area of South Waziristan. The TTP accused the Mullah Nazir militant group of leaking Rashid’s whereabouts to Pakistani security forces which led to his arrest. Geo News reported on July 16 that the TTP released pamphlets in South Waziristan promising to exact vengeance on the Mullah Nazir group. In the same raid in which Rashid was arrested, security forces also reportedly captured an al Qaeda commander known as Mufti Zubair Marwat and two guards. Mufti Zubair Marwat is the brother of Mufti Sajjad Marwat, an al Qaeda spokesman in Afghanistan and Pakistan. [8]
 
Its you who is confused. A pashtun have usually middle names of khan. Marwat khan lodhi was an Afghan lord from lodhi tribe whose descendents are todays marwat tribesmen. All marwats are lohanis, and is one of the many branch of lodhi tribe. Other branches of lodhi are niazi, miankhel, kundi, dotani, suri, sherwani etc.
You are free and welcome to ask questions about pashtuns, their tribes , culture and history.


:lol: Monkey the Luffy. NVM you are not worth asking any such question neither authentic :)

carry on shaming yourself. ahhhh there wont be any operation in shawal says the monkey :P
 
Pakistani security forces on Wednesday announced the capture of a key Taliban commander linked to a 2003 assassination attempt on former President Pervez Musharraf, as an alleged U.S. drone strike killed 15 suspected rebels near the country's border with Afghanistan.

Adnan Rashid, a former air force officer turned rebel, was arrested during a raid last Friday on a rebel hideout in Pakistan's troubled northwestern tribal region, following a tip from local sources, two intelligence officials told The Associated Press.

The troops raided a home in the town of Shakai in the South Waziristan tribal region, bordering Afghanistan. Three associates of Rashid were also captured and were being questioned at an undisclosed location, the officials said.

Rashid was hiding at the home after fleeing from North Waziristan, where the military in June launched a much-awaited operation against rebels, the officials said.

The Pakistani army has not confirmed the arrest, which marks the first major capture in the operation.

In 2003, a suicide bomber tried to ram Musharraf's vehicle near Islamabad. Rashid was later convicted over the assassination attempt and imprisoned, but he escaped during a jailbreak orchestrated by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012.

Drone strikes

Also Wednesday, a drone believed to belong to the U.S. military fired four missiles in the town of Datta Khel in North Waziristan, killing at least 15 suspected rebels, two other Pakistani officials told the AP. The identities and nationalities of the slain men were not immediately known.

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

However, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told Reuters the Pakistani military had no confirmation there had been a U.S. drone strike.

Pakistan publicly condemns U.S. drone strikes, saying they often kill civilians and are a violation of sovereignty. But some officials, including the country’s former president, have said the military secretly approves them.

Uncertainty over the source of the drone strike underlines the difficulty in getting reliable information about military operations along the border.

The area is largely sealed off to outsiders, and the U.S. does not provide information about its drone attacks. The Pakistani military is also often reluctant to give details of its operations.

Hours after the strike in Datta Khel, the Pakistani military carried out fresh airstrikes in the Shawal valley in North Waziristan, killing 35 suspected rebels. In a statement, the military said the airstrikes were launched to target "fleeing terrorists."

The military says it has killed more than 450 rebels so far in North Waziristan, while it has lost more than two dozen soldiers. Over 800,000 people have fled the area before and after the start of the operations there, which the military says are aimed at "eliminating terrorists and their hideouts."
 
Adnan Rasheed Captured
that was some time ago I think 2 days

it was a covert ops.. our men stacked him and then picked him up and took him away in the copter

Is it Miranshah, seems the city is totally destroyed.
this time taliban took over the shops and bazars .. its that part of the town where they used to be and where they were targeted
 
that was some time ago I think 2 days

it was a covert ops.. our men stacked him and then picked him up and took him away in the copter

What will happen to him this time around? Another trial and jail time?
 
What will happen to him this time around? Another trial and jail time?
yes
if the remnants of Ch Iftikhar like Justice Jawad Khawaja have it their way then he will get VIIP treatment in jail along with the access to mobile phone. he is the apple of the eye of both the judiciary and Nawaz league because he tried to kill their common enemy Musharraf
 
For the simple reason that if they disclose they are holding him then one of the TTP admirers will get a case lodged to produce him in courts where our inefficient police and judiciary will free him again.

Plausible deniability for the military concerning TTP elements is essential in this campaign after having learned the hard way in the past.
 

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