Pakistani soldiers entered the Taliban headquarters in South Waziristan on Friday, the military said, as gunmen wounded an army brigadier and his driver in a drive-by shooting in the capital, Reuters reported. The army went on the offensive in South Waziristan, a lawless ethnic Pashtun region on the Afghan border, on Oct. 17, aiming to root out Pakistani Taliban militants behind a wave of violence in urban areas. The offensive is closely watched by the United States and other powers embroiled in neighbouring Afghanistan, as South Waziristan"s rugged landscape of barren mountains and hidden ravines has become a global centre of militancy. Soldiers have been advancing into the militant heartland from three directions and had entered the Taliban headquarters in the town of Makeen, the army said. -- SPA
