Pakistan Taliban chief urges troops to fight army

By Associated Press
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - Added 135d 9h ago

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — The leader of the Pakistani Taliban urged his fighters to stand fast against a military offensive in tribal South Waziristan, warning them in an intercepted message obtained Thursday that cowards will go to hell.

Pakistani forces launched an offensive in mid-October to crush the Taliban in the semiautonomous region along the Afghan border that is believed to be the main stronghold of the militants and their al-Qaida allies.

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Pakistani local tribal people visit the remains of a girls school which was allegedly blown up by militants in Bara, situated in Pakistan’s tribal area of Khyber, on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009.