Operation on cards to capture Mehsud’

Daily Times of Pakistan reports that a major operation is underway in Waziristan to capture Baitullah Mehsud.

Caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz said on Monday that a major operation is being started in Waziristan to arrest Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. Nawaz said a major operation to capture Mehsud is being started, adding that the operation would be launched soon after revealing his hideout in Waziristan. Nawaz said intelligence agencies were hunting Mehsud, adding, “We will try our level best to capture him alive so that his accomplices can be traced.” He said no foreign forces would be allowed to launch an operation in Pakistan.

We will continue to monitor this situation as it develops.