Military operation launched in Kurram region

The Pakistan army said on Monday it had launched an air and ground offensive in Kurram region on the Afghan border, its first major military operation since the May 2 killing of Osama bin Laden. Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas gave few details of the operation.
But he said the offensive aimed to reopen the road to Parachinar, a Shia town on the Afghan border that had been virtually cut off from the rest of Pakistan for years and was facing increasing attacks from Sunni militants.