Journey With Pakistan Taliban Shows Militants' Resilience -- The Telegraph/AP
Ishtiaq Mahsud, an Associated Press reporter, spent six days with fighters from the Pakistan Taliban close to the Afghanistan border. He reports from South Waziristan.
For 15 hours, we walked with Taliban fighters through territory supposedly controlled by the Pakistani army and frequently pounded by US drone strikes. Avoiding roads and towns, we easily evaded soldiers and were shown recruits drilling with weapons, militant positions and – from a distance – a compound used by foreign fighters.
The rare trip to South Waziristan revealed the resilience of militants in the northwestern tribal areas, some of whom are also battling American soldiers across the frontier in Afghanistan. It also demonstrated that the insurgents, who once ruled much of South Waziristan from permanent bases with many hundreds of fighters, are now largely a guerrilla force there.
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My Comment: So much for the lie that the Pakistan military controls this region.