On Sunday night, the tribesmen claimed that they have shot down one US Drone Plane in North Waziristan, which was flying with very low altitude on Tribal Areas.
From the start of the New Year US has increased the drone strikes on North Waziristan and eight to ten strikes have already been done so far. On Sunday night the tribesmen shot it down just when it entered the tribal territory.
One should not ignore the other angle of this incident that maybe Pak Army helped those tribes in shooting down the Drone and this could be a warning from Pakistan’s Armed Forces to put an immediate halt to US airspace violations and missile attacks in Pakistan.

While the US Defense Secretary Robert Gates was meeting with our Government Top Officials and persuading them to launch Military operation in North Waziristan , Major General Athar Abbas of ISPR makes the statement that Pakistan Military will not launch any kind of new operation anywhere in Pakistan for at least one year.

Pakistan Military is currently fighting against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Swat Valley and South Waziristan. Military has done an outstanding job in those areas and almost all the important peaks and areas are now under control of Pak Army. The infrastructure in those areas is totally destroyed and needs rehabilitation. The building of roads, hospitals, schools etc will take several months to years. Read more…

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