巴基斯坦軍隊對激進分子發動攻勢

Pakistan's army says it has started a "comprehensive operation" against foreign and local militants in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan, a move that effectively ends the government's policy of negotiating with militants.

News of the operation follows last week's militant attack on an airport in Karachi that left nearly 40 people dead, including 10 assailants.

Militants from the central Asian state of Uzbekistan, along with the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a raid.

The military has not released information on the scope of their new operation, in the tribal region, or what it will entail.

Earlier Sunday, the army said it carried out a series of pre-dawn attacks in North Waziristan in which 80 "terrorists, mostly Uzbek foreigners" were killed.巴基斯坦軍方說，對在靠近阿富汗邊境的西北部落地區的外國和本地激進分子發動了全面行動。這一行動實際上結束了政府同激進分子談判的政策。

行動開始前，上星期激進分子攻擊了卡拉奇的一個機場，導致近40人死亡，包括10名攻擊者。

來自中亞國家烏茲別克斯坦的激進分子和巴基斯坦塔利班聲稱對襲擊負責。

巴基斯坦軍方沒有公佈在部落地區新行動的規模。也沒有說明結果會如何。

星期天早些時候，軍方表示，在北瓦濟里斯坦發動了一系列黎明前的攻擊，打死80名恐怖分子，死者多數是烏茲別克人。