Pakistan: 40 dead, "one Taliban" in combat and 11 in sectarian violence

Taliban fighters in Pakistan's Orakzai

Killed at least 11 people by the sectarian violence in Karachi, as many as 40 of the "Taliban" were killed in clashes with army troops from West Pakistan.
An official at the Interior Ministry Sharafuddin Memon, yesterday, said that 11 "at least one person killed in assassinations in the early hours of the ¯ 24 last," adding that "some were killed for religious reasons", in reference to the killing of members of the Shiite minority at the hands of Sunni extremists, especially in Karachi, Pakistan's economic capital.
He explained that among the dead wife of the local council of the city and his daughter, a doctor and three-movement activists, "MQM".
It is noteworthy that Karachi is witnessing a continuous wave of violence claiming the lives of dozens, that does not work with the imposition of curfew for long periods in reducing this phenomenon.
Competing party "the people" movement "of migrant nationalism" and "the Islamic Group," Pakistan Movement "MQM" for influence in the city, note that the latter have a widespread influence.
In the north-west Pakistan, killing at least ten soldiers and wounded 32 others, while killing 40 of the "Taliban" and 30 wounded in clashes erupted after rebels attacked a military checkpoint.
The military said in a statement that he was forced to send helicopters to support troops in the battles that took place in the Kurram tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
He pointed out that the movement did not succeed in driving out the elements of the paramilitary checkpoint, which was held recently, on the road "used by rebels on a regular basis," to go to the Kurram Agency in North Waziristan, the stronghold of the "Taliban" Pakistan.
On the other hand, approved of President Barack Obama, the day before yesterday, that he is waging strikes by drones against "Al Qaeda" in Pakistan, now that Washington refrain until the present time to confirm this officially raids.
During the question and answer session with the pioneers of the Internet on my site "Google" and "YouTube", Obama's response to a question on the use of his drones by saying "Of course, many of these strikes targeting the tribal areas" north-west Pakistan.
He explained that these "operations have generally been targeted precisely against" Al Qaeda "and its allies, adding," There is a belief that we are fighting a lot of strikes at random, it targets specific actions, directed against the persons included on the list of terrorists and seeking exposure to the Americans. "
He stressed the need that "everyone understands that it be supervised very closely."

Pakistan: 40 dead, "one Taliban" in combat and 11 in sectarian violence