Good news , But why ,If the Pakistani military has cleared Swat of all the Taliban , are they still finding them and killing them ?
Dawn.com....
ISLAMABAD: Troops killed at least 27 suspected Taliban militants in and around the Swat valley, officials said Wednesday.
The high number of casualties, which are impossible to confirm, is the latest in a surge of deadly clashes reported since Pakistani commanders said they had effectively defeated Taliban opposition in parts of the northwest.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said earlier this month that the military had ‘eliminated’ extremists, but deadly skirmishes have continued in Swat where the Taliban focused a two-year rebellion, neighbouring Buner and Dir.
The military announced Wednesday that 16 ‘terrorists’ were killed and three terror training centres destroyed over the last 24 hours in Dir, just to the north of Swat where the military offensive was launched in late April.
In Swat and Buner, where the government has bussed back thousands of 1.9 million civilians who were displaced by the fighting, the military said 11 ‘terrorists’ were killed and two soldiers wounded.
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