Pakistan may launch a new military offensive in a district near the Afghan border where insurgent leaders are believed to have fled to escape a government onslaught against the Taliban in nearby South Waziristan, the prime minister said.
The suggestion of another anti-Taliban operation illustrates the challenge facing the nuclear-armed U.S. ally: As it squeezes one extremist stronghold in its northwest, insurgents regroup in other parts of the rugged, loosely governed region.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the next front may be Orakzai, a district north of South Waziristan in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt. The government has launched a spate of …
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