Twelve militants killed in South Waziristan

It really does not seem like the Taliban are putting up much of a fight against the Pakistani Military !
You would think that if South Waziristan is their Last Major Stronghold , they would really be putting up a lot more resistance .
Have the Taliban all hunkered down in some tunnels ? are they holed up somewhere waiting to spring out and lay waste to the Military ?

....dawn.com
ISLAMABAD: Twelve militants were killed during the past 24 hours in the South Waziristan operation, Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Athar Abbas said.

Troops have also taken full control of Kanigurram, one of the biggest towns in South Waziristan and formerly a key Taliban operational centre, Abbas said.

The villages of Cheena and Makeen have also been cleared, he said.

The operation is progressing as planned and terrorists' designs have been foiled by the army in Waziristan, he said.