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"Pakistani paramilitary forces pushed fighters belonging to an Islamic militant group farther from Peshawar on Sunday and destroyed unoccupied bases and houses belonging to members of the group. But the militants' leader appeared to remain unscathed," reports The New York Times . "The leader, Mangal Bagh, was in Tirah valley on Sunday, about 100 miles from Bara in Khyber agency, where various houses and bases of the group were blown up by Pakistani security forces, residents of Bara said in telephone interviews." In " A Pro-Taliban Threat ," Cato foreign policy analyst Malou Innocent writes: "Instead of toothless peace deals, a better strategy would be to isolate and contain the militancy through 'clear and hold' operations. Since America has a vested interest in a secure Pakistan, and the capabilities of Pakistan's Army must be improved substantially, Washington can assist Islamabad by raising the professionalism of Pakistan's army by increasing the number of joint military-to-military training operations, and enhancing human-intelligence sharing in the tribal areas. Though it will be difficult for Pakistan's Army to overcome the demoralizing defeats it's been experiencing at the hands of insurgents, opening avenues for capturing militants is a better alternative than withdrawing the writ of the Pakistani state." ...
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