Now the Taliban are going to start fighting back ? they have been chased around Pakistan for months being killed and detained ,they are Fleeing their strongholds leaving their weapons behind , looking like a bunch of Wussies in the whole thing , now they are going to fight .
Maybe they have finally been cornered ? maybe this has been their strategy the whole time , to hunker down and wait ? With the media clamp down , it is hard to say , but the report is 486 Taliban dead , so that is a little something to celebrate !
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban have started a guerrilla war against the army and will wage a tough, protracted fight in the insurgents' South Waziristan stronghold, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday...
Soldiers have been advancing into the militant heartland from three directions, have captured a string of important bases and entered the Taliban headquarters in the town of Makeen, the army said.
But Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq played down the militants' losses.
"They are capturing roads while our people are still operating in the forests and mountains," Tariq told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.
"We have started guerrilla war against the Pakistani army. We've carried out several actions against the army and inflicted heavy losses on them," he said.
According to army figures, 486 militants have been killed since the offensive began while 48 soldiers have died.
There has been no independent verification of casualties as reporters and other independent observers are not allowed into the war zone except on an occasional trip with the military...
Tariq vowed a long, tough fight.
"They thought they would capture Waziristan easily but the fight in Waziristan will be tougher than in Kashmir," he said.
Indian security forces have been battling separatist guerrillas in the disputed Muslim-majority Himalayan region of Kashmir since 1989. Tens of thousands of people have been killed.
The militants have stepped up attacks in town and cities since the offensive was launched, killing several hundred people.
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