Militant attacks killed six Pakistani security forces today, officials said, a day after the local Taliban chief warned of strikes across Pakistan if the army did not stop a major offensive along the Afghan border.
The army moved into South Waziristan vowing to crush the Pakistani Taliban, a militant network it says is behind 80% of the suicide bombings in Pakistan. Washington backs the operation because the militants are believed to shelter Al Qaeda leaders and to attack Western troops in Afghanistan.
