Pakistan to expand military operation in tribal area

Another full-fledged military operation is anticipated…as lots of soldiers equipped with latest weapons have arrived in Bara area in Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency, local media reported Monday.

The private newspaper The News quoted sources as saying that over 1,000 security men were stationed in different areas of Bara Tehsil Sunday. The Pakistani government's decision about launching a fresh operation against the militants in the tribal area… was followed several incidents of bomb blasts killed scores of innocent people in nearby Peshawar.

It has seen a wave of bombings over the last couple of weeks as the army presses an offensive against the Taliban militants in South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.

Pakistan army troops keep position on top of a mountain in Ladha,  a town of Pakistani troubled tribal region South Waziristan along  Afghan border, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)