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Pakistan has a large-scale military offensive against the Taliban in the region of Peshawar started. Previously, the access roads closed and a curfew imposed. The Taliban announced an end to the peace talks.
Islamabad - The use of Pakistani security forces concentrated, according to the police chiefs of the North West province the first in Bara town in the Afghan border. About Peshawar security circles was that a curfew imposed. Strong troops were relocated to the area. The hospitals in Peshawar have been newspaper reports alert puts.
AFP
Pakistani security forces in Peshawar: fight against the Taliban Soldiers blocked the main road to Khyber. The area around the Khyber Pass has long been a stronghold of smugglers and other criminals. Since last year, but there are also increasingly fighters of the radical Islamic Taliban active. Their appearance in the region around the two-hour drive away from Islamabad, Peshawar city as an expression of the political and military failure, the penetration of Islamists to stop. - The Khyber tribal area is also an important supply route for supplies to the international troops in the neighbouring country Afghanistan.
likely objective of the offensive was the leader of the Movement vice and virtue, Haji Namdar. The organization is suspected of numerous attacks on coalition troops in Afghanistan to have perpetrated. Namdar tries in the region a strict interpretation of Islam enforced. It is, however, in conflict with Baitullah Mehsud, a Taliban leader in Pakistan. "Government continually violence" Another possible objective of the soldiers is Menghal Bagh, whose followers attacks perpetrated in Peshawar. Namdars group declared a military operation would only create new problems. "We are ready for talks with the government," said a spokesman. The Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud announced as a consequence of the offensive end of the talks with the government. "We put the peace talks, because the government continually uses violence against us," said Mehsud. The Pakistani government had peace talks with rebels in the tribal-controlled border region with Afghanistan. Despite the talks were held in the past weeks repeated attacks by the rebels. The current deployment is initiated only the beginning of several military operations against his movement, the Taliban spokesman. Mehsud threatened with retaliatory actions nationwide.
Prime Minister Jusuf Raza Gilani held on Saturday in Peshawar, with one million inhabitants grßten city in northwestern Pakistan. His visit is not made with the imminent military operation, it was official. Next was reported, the armed forces had developed a contingency plan should the extremists try to attack Peshawar. as / sam / Reuters / AP / AFP

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