Pak announces 'decisive' offensive against Taliban
Islamabad, May 7 Pakistan tonight announced a fresh ``decisive'' military offensive against the Taliban and pressed ahead with air and ground operation in northwestern tribal belt where fierce fighting killed nine soldiers and 14 militants, including a son of a hardline cleric who negotiated the Swat peace deal.
Pakistani troops on Monday pressed their offensive against the Taliban in the northwest Swat district, closing in on a key town after pushing into a strategic valley, officials said.