Displaced Pakistani tribal people, who left their villages due to heavy fighting between security forces and militants in Waziristan, wait for relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Displaced Pakistani tribal people, who left their villages due to heavy fighting between security forces and militants in Waziristan, wait for relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan.

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  1. Men fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, sit with their wheelbarrows filled with government handouts they received for their families, at a distribution point for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 18, 2009.
  2. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, center right, talks with an internally displaced girl who fled the tribal area due to fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, during his visit to Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.
  3. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, left, examines relief goods for internally displaced people who fled tribal areas due to fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, during his visit to Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.
  4. A man, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, pushes a wheel barrow of government handouts he received for his family at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 15, 2009.
  5. A newly displaced Pakistani tribal family who fled the tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for a shelter to live in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Taliban militants are waging a war against the government because they deem it un-Islamic and are angry about its alliance with the United States.
  6. A newly displaced Pakistani tribal family who fled the tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border due to fighting between security forces and militants, wait for a shelter to live in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Taliban militants are waging a war against the government because they deem it un-Islamic and are angry about its alliance with the United States.
  7. A man, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, pushes a wheel barrow of government handouts he received at a distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province November 9, 2009.
  8. Displaced Pakistani tribal people, who left their villages due to heavy fighting between security forces and militants in Waziristan, wait for relief supplies in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan.
  9. French soldiers prepare to launch an unmanned observation drone to monitor Taliban activity over the Hindu Kush mountains east of the Afghan capital on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, from the Tora Forward Operating Base. France has sent 3,500 troops to Afghanistan as part of the 100,000-strong U.S. led coalition battling the insurgency, making it the fourth-largest contributor to the U.S.-led coalition battling the insurgency.
  10. French soldiers prepare to launch an unmanned observation drone to monitor Taliban activity over the Hindu Kush mountains east of the Afghan capital on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, from the Tora Forward Operating Base. France has sent 3,500 troops to Afghanistan as part of the 100,000-strong U.S. led coalition battling the insurgency, making it the fourth-largest contributor to the U.S.-led coalition battling the insurgency.
  11. French soldiers prepare to launch an unmanned observation drone to monitor Taliban activity over the Hindu Kush mountains east of the Afghan capital on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, from the Tora Forward Operating Base. France has sent 3,500 troops to Afghanistan as part of the 100,000-strong U.S. led coalition battling the insurgency, making it the fourth-largest contributor to the U.S.-led coalition battling the insurgency.
  12. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, center, and Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, left, attend funeral prayer for an army officer, who was killed in the Friday's suicide bombing in a mosque, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A Taliban suicide squad targeted Pakistani military officers and their families praying at a mosque close to army headquarters in a gruesome display of the militants' ability to strike at the center of power.
  13. In this image made on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, French Foreign Legion Col. Benoit Durieux, center, awards the medal of military valor, bronze star, to U.S. Capt. Tom (left), who only went by his first name because of U.S. military regulations, at the Tora forward operating base in Afghanistan. Tom was cited for military valor by France's Defense Minister and awarded the medal for his role in a night time raid in July in the Surowbi district east of the Afghan capital during which three suspected Taliban chiefs were killed, and his action during a second night time raid in October during which he succeeded in bringing his commando back to base despite one of his men getting killed, Durieux said. He said Tom's unit had been instrumental in helping NATO forces operate in the Surowbi district, which is under French control.
  14. In this image made on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, French Foreign Legion Col. Benoit Durieux, center, awards the medal of military valor, bronze star, to U.S. Capt. Tom (left), who only went by his first name because of U.S. military regulations, at the Tora forward operating base in Afghanistan. Tom was cited for military valor by France's Defense Minister and awarded the medal for his role in a night time raid in July in the Surowbi district east of the Afghan capital during which three suspected Taliban chiefs were killed, and his action during a second night time raid in October during which he succeeded in bringing his commando back to base despite one of his men getting killed, Durieux said. He said Tom's unit had been instrumental in helping NATO forces operate in the Surowbi district, which is under French control.
  15. Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (C), army chief Ashfaq Kiyani ( L) and chairman joint chief of staff committee Tariq Majeed (R) attend a funeral prayer of three out of the 40 people who were killed in an attack on a mosque near the military headquarters in Rawalpindi December 5, 2009. Pakistani officials on Saturday mourned those killed near the country's military headquarters in an attack that raised questions over how militants penetrated the security of the regional nuclear power. As Pakistan battles Taliban insurgents who have responded to offensives with bombings that have killed hundreds since October, it also faces U.S. pressure to root out militants who cross the border to fight Western troops in Afghanistan.
  16. Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (3rd R), army chief Ashfaq Kiyani (3rd L), chairman joint chief of staff committee Tariq Majeed (2nd R) and Interior Minister Rehman Malik (R) with other relatives attend a funeral prayer of three out of the 40 people who were killed in an attack on a mosque near the military headquarters in Rawalpindi December 5, 2009. Pakistani officials on Saturday mourned those killed near the country's military headquarters in an attack that raised questions over how militants penetrated the security of the regional nuclear power. As Pakistan battles Taliban insurgents who have responded to offensives with bombings that have killed hundreds since October, it also faces U.S. pressure to root out militants who cross the border to fight Western troops in Afghanistan.

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