Pakistan Army Discloses Military Deaths In Their War Against The Taliban

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjmUDTOKeeI36zo5TDoXcIOapKYEFDYLSZB_IZkikPFSYPmFrVksa3wgPxZCgVEz0p0uOYj2m9sQNcsk5fD3-pUAt38izsWChUd11mCRA3zu3mNHpOjQ2ohHML-CRSIfCILbhdghZyTXS/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjmUDTOKeeI36zo5TDoXcIOapKYEFDYLSZB_IZkikPFSYPmFrVksa3wgPxZCgVEz0p0uOYj2m9sQNcsk5fD3-pUAt38izsWChUd11mCRA3zu3mNHpOjQ2ohHML-CRSIfCILbhdghZyTXS/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A Pakistani soldier stands guard near the site of a suicide blast in Rawalpini January 20, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Faisal Mahmood</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pakistan Army Says More Than 100 Soldiers Died In Fighting -- Reuters</b></span></div><br />(Reuters) - Pakistan's army on Wednesday said more than 100 soldiers had been killed by Taliban militants in the last five months, in a rare admission of mass casualties since the start of government efforts to engage the insurgents in peace talks.<br /><br />The administration of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who came to power last year promising to find a negotiated peace with the Taliban, has been trying to engage the militants in talks but these efforts have faltered in past weeks.<br /><br />The lack of progress on peace talks has given rise to speculation that the government, backed by the powerful army, is preparing for a ground and air offensive against Taliban strongholds in the tribal belt on the Afghan border.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/19/us-pakistan-taliban-idUSBREA1I1PQ20140219">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment</b>:  And with the failure of peace talks .... this conflict <b><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/20/pakistan-launches-air-strikes-on-taliban">is now intensifying.</a></b>

Pakistan Army Discloses Military Deaths In Their War Against The Taliban

A Pakistani soldier stands guard near the site of a suicide blast in Rawalpini January 20, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Faisal Mahmood Pakistan Arm...

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