Zu Beginn der Offensive in Nord-Waziristan erklärte Pakistans neuer Armeechef, General Raheel Sharif, dass seine Truppen nicht zwischen angeblich „guten“ und „schlechten“ Taliban unterscheiden würden.
In launching the North Waziristan operation, General Raheel Sharif, Pakistan’s new Chief of Army Staff, stated that his forces would draw no distinction between supposedly “good” and “bad” Taliban.