Yet a number of analysts remain skeptical about the army operation. They say that Pakistan's highly influential generals still distinguish between the "good and bad Taliban" and want to use Islamists to increase their influence in Kabul. That is why, they say, Islamabad has not been able to defeat the jihadist groups.
Islamabad and Kabul regularly blame each other for terrorists attacks
"We now discover that Zarb-e-Azb was aimed at weakening political parties and not eliminating terrorists. Some of the top global terrorists such as Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen's Yusuf Shah are openly leading public rallies, recruiting jihadists, and fundraising," Arif Jamal, a US-based journalist and author of several books on Islamic terrorism and Pakistan, told DW.
Siegfried O. Wolf, a political science expert at Heidelberg University, is of the same view. He told DW that he was convinced that several elements within the Pakistan security apparatus still believe that the Taliban could be used as a strategic tool to counter Indian presence in Afghanistan.
The attacks won't stop until Islamabad overhauls its policies and stops backing Islamists to maintain pressure on Afghanistan and India in the region, Agha emphasized.