Wazoo last night, Talibs met at A front man for Taliban capo Hafiz Gul Bahadur
...a member of the Madda Khel clan of the Uthmanzai Waziris. Educated in a Deobandi madrassa located in Multan, he is affiliated with the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) political party. Upon the formation of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in December 2007, he was announced as the group's overall naib amir under Baitullah Mehsud, who was based in South Wazoo, but has largely distanced himself from the TTP due to rivalries with the Mehsuds and disagreements about the TTP's attacks against the Pak state..
, who leads hundreds of fighters in the area, condemned the
Ahmadullah Ahmadi said the group "cannot remain silent over bombardment on people," calling it a clear atrocity on the civilians.
He said that the Shura (council) has convened this important meeting to assess the situation and hinted that the peace accord with the government might get revoked.
The front man warned that the government would be responsible for any destruction in case it did not stop the military offensive.
Pak warplanes and helicopters pounded krazed killer hideouts in Mir Ali and Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a
ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
near the Afghan border, killing 60 fighters.
The Pakistain Army in a statement said "60 hard-core terrorists" including "important commanders and foreigners" were killed in the strikes, without providing further details, and that another 30 were maimed.
Intelligence reports and other investigations confirmed the linkage of some recent terrorist acts across the country with bully boyz targeted in the strikes, said the ISPR statement.
One resident, who identified himself as Saeedullah Khan, said the army had also been firing artillery rounds since early morning.
Another resident, Inamullah, said the
The claims by the army and residents could not be independently verified. The lawless tribal area is off-limits to journalists.