So there has not been any fighting ? but they have taken the Town ? Sounds kinda funny to me ! The Taliban is not just going to lay down over this !
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BUNER, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani troops took the main town in a key northwestern valley on Wednesday after being dropped by helicopters behind Taliban lines on the second day of an offensive, a military spokesman said.
The Taliban's advance into a region just 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Islamabad earlier this month had sent shivers through Pakistan and heightened fears in the United States that the nuclear-armed Muslim state was becoming more unstable.
Pakistan's demonstration of military resolve in Buner valley will likely reassure U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai when they meet Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Washington May 6-7 to discuss regional strategy.
Taliban fighters held the entrances to the valley, but they risk being caught between security forces at their front and rear after the successful airdrop.
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