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Reuters: Taliban, Military Attacks In Deadly Lockstep

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Tags: North Waziristan, Pakistan, Taliban

Pakistan's reluctance to mount another major offensive against the Taliban may be due to its fear of equally deadly reprisals by the militants, which erode the government's credibility among its people, analysts say.

Last year, Pakistan launched two major offensives against militants linked to al Qaeda and Taliban in the northwest bordering Afghanistan and the United States has been pushing it to mount another one in their last bastion, North Waziristan.

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