Pakistani army launches offensive near Afghan border

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Pakistani army launches offensive near Afghan border

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-army-launches-offensive-near-afghan-border-075000483.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zVNaFKiLHSg88qQEtP8S0A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-12-23/519b717f-1dc4-410e-a2ef-d188f1ee23c1_73361013.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="North Waziristan" align="left" title="North Waziristan" border="0" /></a>By Maria Golovnina ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Residents of Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun region of North Waziristan accused government troops on Monday of killing dozens of civilians during a military operation against Taliban insurgents. The operation started just after a December 18 suicide bomb attack on a checkpoint in North Waziristan, a stronghold for al Qaeda-linked Taliban militants on Pakistan's mountainous border with Afghanistan. Speculation that the army might launch a major offensive in the frontier tribal areas has been building as the government's attempts to engage the Pakistani Taliban in peace talks have floundered in recent months. &quot;The Pakistan military spokesman reiterated that the military action against the terrorists in North Waziristan on December 19 was in response to an attempt by terrorists to ambush a military convoy.</p><br clear="all"/>

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