Our army started the so called war on terror about 8-9 years ago due to consistent pressure of the Americans. During the past few years we have seen operations in Swat/Malakand, Tank, SWA, Mohmand, Kurram, Orakzai, Khyber Agency (Tirah valley) etc. Even after rigorous operations the war is far from over, the situation of Khyber, Orakzai, Tirah, Kurram, NWA (from FATA) are far from normal and now the militants have started regrouping in Tank. The militant activities in recent weeks have started picking up in settled areas of KP like Peshawer, Nowshera and Charsadda.
A few days back some shias were killed in Kurram agency, then a bomb blast in Nowshera after ANP’s jalsa, today 10 soldiers were killed in Khyber Agency http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/02/eight-soldiers-22-militants-killed-in-pakistan-gunfight.html and suicide attack in Khyber claims 22 lives Suicide attack in Khyber agency kills 22: official | Pakistan | DAWN.COM. The interesting part of the Khyber blast is that it was an attack of some TTP faction on Lashkar e Islam (Mangal Bagh). Seems to be some infighting going on as well now.
The operations that the military have done so far they allow the militants to flee (in guise of IDP’s) hence the threat is removed from one area and it raises its head from somewhere else.
This issue has also become very complex with the passage of time, what can the government do to resolve this issue?