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| India-Pakistan |
| 'All roads are leading to South Waziristan' |
| 2009-10-10 |
| [Dawn] Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the nation has 'no option' but to attack militant strongholds in South Waziristan. 'We have no other option but to carry out an operation in South Waziristan,' Malik told a local television station after a deadly suicide car bombing in Peshawar that killed at least 45 people. 'All roads are leading to South Waziristan. We will have to proceed.' Rehman Malik told reporters Friday that the country has to launch an operation in the area militants are using as a base to launch deadly strikes. He said such an offensive was expected 'soon.' The government has been threatening to launch an offensive against militants in the South Waziristan region along the border with Afghanistan. The US has pushed Pakistan to clear militant strongholds, saying many of those insurgents are involved in attacks on American and Nato troops across the border in Afghanistan. US missile strikes have frequently targeted hideouts in Pakistan. One in August killed Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud. The group has since named a new leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, and threatened suicide attacks if the army doesn't back off. Malik also said a suspect had been arrested in Monday's suicide attack at the office of the UN's World Food Program in Islamabad. He said the man was alleged to have given the attacker shelter, but gave few details. |
| Posted by:Fred |