Taliban Hideouts Revealed as Pakistan Army Seizes Redoubt

The Pakistani Taliban have abandoned their last key stronghold and booby traps and explosives littering their hideouts now present the main danger to the soldiers who control the territory, military officials say. Instead of black-clad militants, uniformed men and the odd lone donkey wander the streets of Miranshah, the capital of Pakistan's northwestern region of North Waziristan. For years, Pakistan's allies urged the South Asian nation to strike against militant strongholds...

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