War on terror, what now?

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Re: War on terror, what now?

@Ali_Syed

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That his South Waziristan operation was less successful may be attributed to the fact that US troops, inexplicably, decided to vacate six posts on the Durand Line just as the operation began, permitting Hakimullah and the bulk of his supporters to escape.

Hakimullah and his supporters relocated to North Waziristan as a result of the operation in South Waziristan, not to Afghanistan. So whether US really did or did not vacated its posts on the Durand line had no affect. The real question is, how come the “good taliban” Haqqanis, Gul Bahadar that are in control of North Waziristan host and harbor TTP from South Waziristan? They are supposed to have a treaty with Pakistan prohibiting them? How come the army that have a heavy presence in North Waziristan and (as evident from the recent bombing raids) knew about where TTP was hiding, did not take any action against them before? Why is the present action limited to bombing from F-16 only? Why no boots on the ground?