Pakistan military battles Taliban
The Pakistani army has said it has pushed deeper into South Waziristan as it battles to wrestle control of the region from the Taliban and al-Qaeda. On the offensive’s third day, the army said it had captured important strategic heights in the mountains. Up to 100,000 civilians have fled the conflict zone, according to the army. We get an update from the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool.
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