Nearly two weeks after Pakistani security forces began attacking Taliban positions in the northwest Malakand region, the army says troops are now focusing on the estimated 4,000 core fighters entrenched in the militant stronghold Swat valley.
VOA: standard.2009.05.07
The mission, called Operation Strong Eagle I, was to clear the Ghaki Valley in Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan of entrenched insurgents, said his former platoon leader, Capt.