Operation Zarb-e-Azb | Updates, News & Discussions.

[Manticore]

to the politicians who were stalling the recent op

 

[Riseup]

Importent Taliban Commander Umer Killed in Miran Shah

 

[shaheenmissile]

Only a few hundred terrorists have been killed when their numbers must be tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands.

 

[Menace2Society]

Only a few hundred terrorists have been killed when their numbers must be tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands.

This is a cause for concern. Where are they all??

 

[farhan_9909]

Only a few hundred terrorists have been killed when their numbers must be tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands.

TTP strength as per initial estimate is reduced to 1500,Since PA has included Haqqani and Hafiz Gul bahadur into the compaign aswell.Expect the total strength of Militants close to 5k

 

[Menace2Society]

TTP strength as per initial estimate is reduced to 1500,Since PA has included Haqqani and Hafiz Gul bahadur into the compaign aswell.Expect the total strength of Militants close to 5k

60,000 was the figure provided before the operation. Why now 5k?

 

[farhan_9909]

60,000 was the figure provided before the operation. Why now 5k?

60k?who told you this?

 

[krash]

60,000 was the figure provided before the operation. Why now 5k?

60,000 is an insane number, where did you get it from?

 

[Devil Soul]

Two soldiers injured in rocket attack in Peshawar
By Riaz Ahmad
Published: June 29, 2014

PESHAWAR: Two soldiers were injured when four rockets landed inside the Cantonment area in Peshawar in the early hours of Sunday.

According to the police, the target was apparently Bacha Khan International Airport.

However, all four rockets hit adjacent areas while one rocket landed inside a brigade office, leaving two soldiers injured.

“There is evidence that all the four rockets were fired from Ghundi Afghan Refugee Camp located in the jurisdiction area of Tehkal police station as opposed to the previous practice of targeting the airport from Sarband, Pishtakhara and Suleman Khel,” a police official told The Express Tribune.

“This is a new development indeed,” added the police official.

He said both wounded soldiers were rushed to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) where their condition was said to be stable.

 

[Menace2Society]

TTP strength as per initial estimate is reduced to 1500,Since PA has included Haqqani and Hafiz Gul bahadur into the compaign aswell.Expect the total strength of Militants close to 5k

So you're telling me 5k is enough for TTP/Taliban to take over NW?? Very difficult to believe.

60k is a conservative estimate.

 

[Zarrar Alvi]

60,000 was the figure provided before the operation. Why now 5k?

60K come on man who told you?

So you're telling me 5k is enough for TTP/Taliban to take over NW?? Very difficult to believe.

60k is a conservative estimate.

NW is not completely controlled by TTP or Any other groups only parts of marinshah, mir ali ,datta khel and machis area are controlled by these groups army is present in many parts of NW

 

[forcetrip]

So you're telling me 5k is enough for TTP/Taliban to take over NW?? Very difficult to believe.

60k is a conservative estimate.

You need to understand that 60k fighters could very well take over entire provinces. Thats a huge number of fighters and the Army would not have deployed 30k to fight 60k. That would be against any sensible counter terror campaign to end terrorism. The Taliban are numerous but their fighting strength does not come from just its fighters, its a lot more complicated than that. Everyone that is uneducated and has problems gathering resources in this day and age can be turned into a taliban terrorist. Thats how most of their cannon fodder is recruited on the go. However the hardened of them all are in the thousands and if the afghans help PA then the cream can be taken out and the rest can be fixed by other means.

 

[Metanoia]

So you're telling me 5k is enough for TTP/Taliban to take over NW?? Very difficult to believe.

60k is a conservative estimate.

To give you a perspective....ISIS has around 1500-3000 terrorists...and with that manpower they were able to take over almost entire Northern Iraq and and parts of Syria.

Also TTP and other assorted terrorist groups have certain parts of territory under their thumb....then there are places where they conduct their activities before withdrawing back to their strongholds. Considering the area and terrain of NW it is very much possible that a 5000 strong can wreck havoc.

PS. Army has deployed approx. 30,000 troops for this operation....easy to realize the strength of the foe is definitely not into 60,000s

 

[Side-Winder]

UPDATE 29 JUNE

 

[Jazzbot]