The Taliban "know who the people are who raise their voices for the operation," Dadullah said. "We know them; they are on our hit list and we will target them."
How nice ! I think the Taliban are feeling a little pressure , their hitlist is anyone who they feel like killing , because they are pissed off and uptight !
Their big negotiator Sufi Muhammed , is probably dead and they don't know what to do with themselves , so they will most likely go on a killing spree !
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Taliban militants have suspended talks with the provincial government in the midst of fighting in the country's volatile northwestern region.
"Due to the military operation in Lower Dir ... we have decided to suspend dialogue with the (North West Frontier Province) government," Amir Izad, a spokesman for Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM), a Taliban-aligned group, said Monday.
This comes after Pakistan's Frontier Corps launched an offensive against suspected militants and their hideouts in Lower Dir, which neighbors the violence-plagued Swat area.
The TNSM lost contact with Sufi Muhammed, an Islamist fundamentalist leader who has been negotiating on behalf of the Taliban, on Sunday, Izad said.
"We have not been able to get any information about his whereabouts, make contact with him, or his family," according to Izad. "We will not restart the dialogue until these operations stop."
The suspected militant hideouts targeted by the military are in Islampura and Lal Qila in Lower Dir. A "heavy exchange of fire" was reported at Kala Dag and Lal Qila, the Pakistani military said Sunday.
There were reports of many Taliban deaths, including that of an "important local commander." One security force member was killed and four others were wounded, the military said.
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