...resistance to any movement of troops,’’ Ehsan Mahsud, a resident of Makeen, a town in the region, said in the...arrived there early yesterday after traveling through the night. Mahsud said the army appeared to be mostly relying on air strikes and...By: Ishtiaq Mahsud|Date: Oct 19, 2009

Pakistani jets softened up militant targets along the Afghan border yesterday ahead of what the government promises will be a ground offensive into the Taliban’s main stronghold, authorities said.By: Ishtiaq Mahsud|Date: Oct 14, 2009

A Taliban spokesman denied Tuesday that Pakistan has won a series of battlefield victories in its offensive in tribal South Waziristan, saying the militants are drawing government soldiers into a trap.By: Ishtiaq Mahsud|Date: Nov 3, 2009

...offering very tough resistance to any movement of troops," Ehsan Mahsud, a resident of Makeen, a town in the region, told the AP...arrived there early Sunday after traveling through the night. Mahsud said the army appeared to be mostly relying on airstrikes and...By: Ishtiaq Mahsud|Date: Oct 18, 2009

...his comrades in Sararogha in Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud) # 23 Children prepare to sing the Pakistani National Anthem prior to the start of classes in a school in Qutbal...

...his comrades in Sararogha in Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud) # 23 Children prepare to sing the Pakistani National Anthem prior to the start of classes in a school in Qutbal...