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Pakistan to target Taliban leadership: army
Islamabad (AFP) Oct 19, 2009 Pakistan will target the Taliban's leadership in the ground and air offensive launched against the militants in the South Waziristan tribal district, the army's chief spokesman said Monday. "The high-level targets are the leadership. We hope to get the leadership," Major General Athar Abbas told the first news conference since the military launched the offensive on Saturday. Commanders had been drawing up battle plans for months for what is likely to prove Pakistan army's toughest challenge to date in its war against Islamist militants in the northwest and semi-autonomous tribal belt. "We were involved on the other fronts and therefore it is not a good strategy to have too many fronts," said Abbas. "We wanted to muster our strength, get our resources together. We are an army that does not have unlimited resources," he added. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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