Pakistan Taliban commander sends thousands of fighters to Afghanistan
A top Pakistani Taliban commander says he has sent thousands of fighters to neighboring Afghanistan to rebuff incoming US troops, a claim that comes as a Pakistani army offensive is believed to have pushed many of his men to flee their main redoubt.
Pakistani troops killed at least 10 Taliban fighters in a military operation to slow the march of extremists across North-West Frontier province yesterday amid growing western concerns about the stability of the nuclear-armed country.