The Battle for Bajaur - PA seizes control

[SSGPA1]

WELL DONE PAKISTAN ARMY!!!

SHAHEEDON KA KHOON RANG LAY AYA.

 

[third eye]

DAMADOLA:

“The first Pakistan army uniformed soldiers have arrived in Damadola after a recent operation and the [B]Pakistan flag has been raised for the first time since (independence in) 1947,” said Khan.[/B]

This is strange.

 

[sairaawais]

Three cheers for pakistan army. May Allah give success to our army

 

[SummerWine]

 

[Slides]

This is strange.

Why is it strange?

 

[third eye]

Why is it strange?

If it hasn't been noticed.. The flag of a nation being flown on a part of its soil for the 1st time since 47.

 

[iPhone]

yup, saw the coverage on GEO. Locals were celebrating and welcoming the army and dancing along the way. Someone should upload the video. Way to go Pakistan army and FC, way to go.

 

[SSGPA1]

If it hasn't been noticed.. The flag of a nation being flown on a part of its soil for the 1st time since 47.

Pakistan Army would not form a post or a cantt. there as tribals were doing the job for Pakistan Army.

This is the first time that Pakistan Army has enetered the area since 1947 and it is the first time that a Pakistan Army post has been formed. So in that respect, this is the first time the flag of Pakistan has been raised by the Pakistan Army.

Trust me there has been Pakistan flag flown over that region many a times.

 

[mjnaushad]

LONG LIVE PAKISTAN

LONG LIVE PAK ARMY

 

[The Patriot]

Good news.... salute to our forces... See pix....

?BBC Urdu? - ????????? - ???? ?????? ???? ?? ?????

 

[third eye]

Pakistan Army would not form a post or a cantt. there as tribals were doing the job for Pakistan Army.

This is the first time that Pakistan Army has enetered the area since 1947 and it is the first time that a Pakistan Army post has been formed. So in that respect, this is the first time the flag of Pakistan has been raised by the Pakistan Army.

Trust me there has been Pakistan flag flown over that region many a times.

Well, in that case its great.Why many a time & not all the time?

However,thats not how it appears form the statement of Maj Gen Tariq Khan in post #2.

The news clip at post # 13 says Govt control has been established in that region after 15 yrs.

 

[mehru]

Great news!
Congratulations to Pak army and to all my fellow Pakistanis as well.
Locals of Bajaur were so excited and happy. It was a treat to watch them.
Inshallah! Good days will come when there will be peace again.

 

[nightrider_saulat]

Allhamdulilah! But just curious, does the military oprerations cover the whole thing including North Waziristan?

Furthemore, Does this mean that the militancy in the tribal areas of Pakistan is coming to an end?

it is just a major step ahead to achieve that final goal

 

[air marshal]

Well done Pakistan Army.

 

[air marshal]

Army seizes control of Bajaur

DAMADOLA: Pakistan's army has seized control of a key Taliban and Al-Qaeda stronghold in a region bordering Afghanistan after killing 75 local and foreign militants, a top general said Tuesday.

“The first Pakistan army uniformed soldiers have arrived in Damadola after a recent operation and the Pakistan flag has been raised (there) for the first time since (independence in) 1947,” Major General Tariq Khan told journalists.

Damadola, in the district of Bajaur near the Afghan border, was the scene of the 2006 US drone strike that targeted Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who managed to escape.

Khan accompanied a group of journalists, taken to Bajaur by the military, to a complex of caves which he said served as a militant headquarters.

Troops overran the complex in an operation launched in January, he said.

“There were Egyptians, Uzbeks, Chechens and Afghans killed in the operation,” he said.

Pakistan is under huge US pressure to eliminate Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked groups which use its semi-autonomous tribal belt to plot attacks against Western troops fighting in Afghanistan.

- Dawn News