Well the Obamasiah seems to be pleased that Pakistan appears to actually be doing something ! Whether they keep it up , Or whether they beat the Taliban back into the Swat valley and Just go back home , remains to be seen ! Either way it is always exiting to here that the Taliban are being Smacked down !
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BUNER VALLEY, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistan army battled through mountain passes on Thursday in a third day of fighting to evict Taliban fighters from a strategic valley, after U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed its newfound resolve.
The militants were still controlling parts of Buner valley, just 100 km (60 miles) northwest of the capital, Islamabad, though troops had secured the main town of Daggar on Wednesday after helicopters dropped them behind enemy lines.
Obama told a news conference in Washington on that Pakistan's army had begun to realize that homegrown militants and posed a bigger current threat to the Muslim nation's stability than India, despite three wars between the two old rivals.
"On the military side, you're starting to see some recognition just in the last few days that the obsession with India as the mortal threat to Pakistan has been misguided, and that their biggest threat right now comes internally," Obama said.
"And you're starting to see the Pakistani military take much more seriously the armed threat from militant extremists."
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