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Crushing the Mehsuds of South Waziristan: the other (and fiercest) Taliban

Crushing the Mehsuds of South Waziristan: the other (and fiercest) Taliban

The Mehsud tribes are some of the fiercest militant fighters and Islamist gangs in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). The Pakistani army has vowed to attack the lairs of the Mehsud militants and crush them. At the behest of the United States and the West who have held Pakistan primarily responsible in solving its insurgency problem, [...]