Waziristan is the Northwest province of Pakistan, on the border of Afghanistan. It is an extremely arid and mountainous region and right now there is quite a lot of activity taking place there. This area has been a refuge for Taliban and Al Qaeda since they were driven out of Afghanistan. It may even have served as a hideout for Osama Bin Laden.
According to the Pakistan Times, Pakistani troops, on Tuesday, searched for two pro-Taliban clerics, Maulvi Abdul Khaliq and Maulana Sadiq Noor, accused of instigating the worst fighting near the Afghan border since the start of the "war on terror." There also is a report that Security forces have destroyed a school run by one of the clerics. The religious school had been serving as a meeting place for militants.
Now, there is a curfew in Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal area, where 140 militants died in days of fierce fighting that erupted on Saturday.
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