Pakistani army troops in partially armored pick-up trucks patrol one of the main highways in South Waziristan, Pakistan.For Pakistan's military commanders, it was a brutal warning that the gains they had made against militants over the past two years risk erosion. On Christmas Day, Pakistan's first female suicide bomber killed 47 refugees near a World Food Program (WFP) distribution point in Bajaur, the northernmost of Pakistan's seven tribal areas along the Afghan border. The WFP operations were forced to shut down. On Wednesday, Bajaur was hit again, as militants carried out...
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/12/31/is_pakistan_losing_ground_in_its_taliban_war_248098.html
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