This is embarrassing, and not only for the Pakistani government, but also for us. We have thrown billions of dollars at Pakistan during this war, and there is nothing but this crap to show for it. Well, from the looks of it, these guys are intent on taking land and whatever else they can get their hands on, and obviously the state does not have control. That is scary stuff, and especially when the Pakistanis have nuclear weapons laying around. The bottom line is that the Pakistani strategy sucks, and as long as we go along with such rubbish, then that means our strategy sucks. We can do better than this. –Mudeer
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Buner falls into the hands of Swat Taliban
Wednesday, 22 Apr, 2009 | 03:42 AM PST |
BUNER: Taliban militants from Swat took control of Buner on Tuesday and started patrolling bazaars, villages and towns in the district.
The militants, who had sneaked into Gokand valley of Buner on April 4, were reported to have been on a looting spree for the past five days.
They have robbed government and NGO offices of vehicles, computers, printers, generators, edible oil containers, and food and nutrition packets.
Sources said that leading political figures, businessmen, NGO officials and Khawaneen, who had played a role in setting up a Lashkar to stop the Taliban from entering Buner, had been forced to move to other areas.
The Taliban have extended their control to almost all tehsils of the district and law-enforcement personnel remained confined to police stations and camps.