For all those who keep confusing the local tribals with the taliban, whatever little local sympathy or support they had is fast running out.
**Pakistan tribesmen battle Taliban **
Hundreds of tribesmen are continuing an offensive against Taliban militants in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
At least 11 Taleban are said to have been killed in the three-day offensive.
It follows the bombing of a mosque on Friday which killed 38 people in Upper Dir district. Villagers blamed the bombing on Taliban fighters.
Local officials say between 1,000 and 1,500 tribesmen are involved in the offensive against the Taliban.
Tribesmen attacked five villages in the Dhok Darra area which are thought to be militant strongholds, the Associated Press news agency quoted district official Atif-ur-Rehman as saying.
**The citizens’ militia had occupied three of the villages since Saturday and was trying to push the Taliban out of two others on Sunday, he said.
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