While encouraging news , It would be smart to remain Skeptical over the whole situation in Pakistan .
Any offensive that results in the demise of the Taliban or Al Qaida , is worth the effort and the backing of the entire world ( or those that are willing ).
As for Pakistan being able to sustain their efforts ? I highly doubt they will , the tide has reversed a little bit , but I don't believe it will take much for it to turn again !It is just a matter of Will !
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan began a new operation against Taliban fighters in the northwest on Wednesday as Washington's envoy praised what he saw as a new resolve from Islamabad in combating extremism.
The latest offensive came one day after an attack on a luxury hotel in Peshawar killed at least nine people, including two foreign U.N. workers.
Taliban militants have stepped up attacks in cities since the army launched a campaign in April to clear Taliban fighters from a stronghold in Swat and other parts of northwest Pakistan.
Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said he saw a dramatic shift in the Pakistani government's attitude because of public outrage over the Taliban's actions, including the attack on the hotel.
"What I saw in Pakistan on this trip was a slow emergence of a consensus behind the government's actions," Holbrooke said in Washington, reporting back on his trip last week.
Asked whether he thought Pakistan's government was strong enough to defeat the Taliban, he replied: "I think they are."
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