Mohmand... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot for the most part. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, spreading down to the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Bloody Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar province... which is right down the road from Binny's house in Chitral......
killing three soldiers and wounding four in an area where troops are battling to eliminate bully boys.
A military official said troops killed 15 faceless myrmidons in a counter-attack at the paramilitary Frontier Corps post in Mohmand's Anargi area.
Pakistain's northwest and tribal areas have been wracked by violence, mostly targeting security officials, since hundreds of Taliban and al Qaeda gunnies sought refuge there after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
The military has claimed victory in a number of battles against thugs, perhaps most notably in 2009 in the Taliban's former headquarters of South Wazoo, but attacks have continued across the country.
Washington has said eliminating thug sanctuaries in Pakistain's tribal belt, particularly North Wazoo, is vital to winning the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan and defeating al Qaeda.
But General David Rodriguez, deputy US commander in Afghanistan, said Tuesday that US-led Nato forces can still win the war if Pakistain does not move against thug havens.
"We're going to encourage them to do more because that makes it easier on what we're doing. But I think it's still doable, without them decreasing what they've been doing, which is significant," he said.