In an email message sent to media, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain, an umbrella myrmidon group, said it had received "an exclusive intelligence report" about the offensive in North
Wazoo from its "sources" in army headquarters.TTP front man Ehsanullah Ehsan outlined details about the regiments and units and the possible commander for the campaign, said to be launched on August 26 for one month.
"TTP has also prepared itself for resistance, we have set up a suicide bombers squad to welcome (the) army. We will defeat our enemy, whom is defending secular, unIslamic system of Pakistain by punching them back hard InshaAllah (God willing)," Ehsan said.
Military officials were not immediately available to comment on the claim.
On August 3, The Wall Street Journal reported Pak and US officials were considering joint counter-terrorism campaigns in Afghanistan and Pakistain against Haqqanis and Taliban fighters.
The report said the campaigns would mark an upturn in cooperation between the two countries after more than a year of rancorous relations, since the US raid that killed the late Osama bin Laden
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Pak officials later denied any agreement with Washington for a joint operation in North Waziristan, and said "routine" actions on each side of the border "should not be mistaken for 'joint operations'".
Washington has long demanded Pakistain take action against the Haqqanis, which the United States accused of attacking the US embassy in Kabul last September and acting like the "veritable arm" of Pak intelligence.
Pakistain has in turn demanded Afghan and US forces do more to stop Pak Talibs crossing the border to launch attacks on its forces.
Pakistain says 35,000 of its people, including more than 3,000 soldiers, have been killed as a result of terrorism since the 9/11 attacks and the US-led invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan.