Saturday, October 17, 2009

Pakistans fight against the Taliban

Hello!!!!

Wow, how much as changed and yet how much has remained the same. The post below mentions Pakistan's fight against the Taliban in SWAT, and now, Pakistan is in a new conflict in South Waziristan. After a week of attacks on Pakistan's most secure installations, the government has finally decided to wage war against the Taliban and completely get rid of them. Unbelievably, Pakistan was trying to find a way of living with the Taliban or somehow have more cease-fires, but those didn't work in December, they sure are not going to work now. Now 28,000 Pakistan soldiers are fighting around 25,000 Taliban (including Uzbek Militants, although their number are not certain). Even though there aren't as many refugees expected (from 2 million before, to 500,000 now), it is still a very hard time for people in South Waziristan, as people's homes have been flatten and many civilians have died in this now 2 day conflict.