Pamphlet asks residents to vacate the area and move to safety by June 10. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: The faction of the Taliban led by Hafiz Gul Bahadar in North Waziristan has urged locals in the region to vacate the area before June 10, according to a pamphlet distributed to media on Friday.
According to the pamphlet, the militant group is preparing to fight against the security forces' planned operation in the agency and has given residents of the area until June 10 to vacate the area and move to safety.
The pamphlet said the government of Pakistan breached the peace accord with them by launching air strikes and an operation killing innocent children, women and the elderly.
The group also warned the residents not to seek refuge in government camps but to move closer to the borders of Afghanistan enabling them to easily migrate there.
Further, Bahadar urged locals to break all ties with the government and military officials by June 10 or action will be taken against them.
The pamphlet also stated that the residents will not be permitted to go to government camps after the given deadline and asked tribesmen to join them in their fight or to leave the area.
The group intends to focus its attention on defending North Waziristan after June 10 and will halt its operations in Afghanistan, the pamphlet said.
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@Pir Roshan: I dont support the nuclear idea but yes Taliban have also shown great bravery by detonating themselves in populated areas and killing thousand of Innocent civilians.
@PeaceMonger: and pray tell why was the US doing that? exit strategy or was it the earliest handling of a pipeline situation about to develop in that region?
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tidesand hurricanes he will encounter. The Statesman who who yields to ar fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseable and uncontrollable events----incompetent and arrogant commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, maligned fortune, ugly surprise, awful miscaculations.(Winston Churchil)
Rex Minor
This is exactly what the US was urging the Pakistani military to do 5 years ago.
Pakistan army crush the these terrorists like Swat operation.......
Some one is compassionate enough to let people leave the area unless some other people dropping bombs from high altitudes
These low life good for nothing criminals should be eliminated like a bad habit! We are totally sick and tired of these idiots. Not sure if that was intentional or due to incompetence but they shouldn't have been allowed to develop themselves as the criminals they are but now the time has come to correct all past mistakes for good!
Why the Pakistan airforce and army did not evacuated the civilians before strikes. Big mistake by army.
Anyone think that these guys are looking out for the welfare of the local people? Seems like they want everyone to retreat to Afghanistan to provide civilian shield as they joint the refugees so they can find safe sanctuary across the border.
Do not go for any operation since this war cannot be fought till end by either side, dialogue is the only solution.
@Ali S You would't dare to nuke anyone else other than your own population. .By the way time & again our air force have shown great bravery by bombing populated areas in KPK, FATA & Baluchistan with US & Chinese donated bombs & planes.
It clearly seems that the situation in the Northern Waziristan region remains volatile with Gul Bahdur’s TTP group threatening to continue with their attacks on Pakistani forces and people who support them. Pakistanis have suffered enough by the mayhem created by these terror groups. We appreciate the counter terrorism efforts of the Pakistani security forces and hope the threats by this group will also be neutralized, so the people of the region do not suffer at the hands of the terrorists. We stand by with the people and the government of Pakistan in their quest for peace.
Abdul Quddus DET-United States Central Command
i will put a pakistani flag outside my house tonite..
enough.
we are with you pak fauj
With you all the way.
Our so called ulema now need to prove they are pakistani and support our mujahids
Ik I voted for you, but if our boys go in, we need to be 110% behind them
Pak army crush these terrorists who have spoiled the name of Islam and Pakistan. They have killed our innocent loved once. Its your time now to crush them as if they never existed. We are with you.
The Freedom Fighters have started its final push.
This is the last opportunity for the Pak army to restore the writ of the state in NWA and eliminate militancy for good. The military should take the revenge on behalf all Pakistanis against these barbarians who beheaded scores of soldiers and killed innocent civilians mercilessly for the past six years.
Pak Army we are with you
Thats great!! This gives the air force a clean field to launch further airstrikes and reduce civilian casualties! fire away boys and destroy these barbarians who have taken waziristan hostage!
Great, now once the civilians have left, nuke that wasteland (and the rats in it) to oblivion once and for all. Pak Army we're with you
Insha Allah good lesson will be tought to them by Pakistan Army and Airforce.
what is the point of highlighting these stories?
If there will be no civilians in the area then it would be easy for the military to finish them up quickly.:)
Actually you broke the agreement by hosting terrorists who attacked Pakistanis and Pak Army - we are sick and tired of you - what good have you done for Pakistan - yes please dissappear to your paymasters in Afghanistan
Come On!! that's the spirit !!
They are launching operation because air strikes conducted by the Pakistan Army killed innocent children? Had they cared so much about innocent children, they would not have conducted terrorist activities. This proves that the air strikes by Pakistan Army was precise and killed these terrorist.
Can you also take the 3m Afghans residing in Pakistan accross the border with you?
We are with you Pak Army.
Nice looking building in the background! Is it Islamabad, Derah Dun, Kakool, Delhi, or London?
It, at leas,t gives time to ordinary people to vacate the area before it starts retaliation unlike the army which has started indiscriminate bombing in the area giving no time to the people to take their children and women to safer places.
Why not these cowards allowing people to go where they want. The real face of these cowards is revealed.
These cowards as usual not letting go innocent people in safe government camps. They use them as their shields. Pakistan Army must eradicate them once and forever from the motherland. Bring On.
the core of the issue is money,