FACE TO FACE WITH TALIBAN

 

 

TSI's Saurabh Kumar Shahi inside Taliban's erstwhile hideout in Bajaur Agency, FATA. The Taliban stronghold has fallen but the soldiers continue to guard the area bordering Kunar province of Afghanistan. A bird's eye view of the Taliban's elaborate maze of hideouts at Damadola near Khar. Operation Sher Dil was targeted primarily at this complex of tunnels. FC draws its mettle from the tribes which had given even Alexander a real tough time. The headquarters of Bajaur Scouts from where the operation was launched. On his way to school, a boy at Khar salutes a passing convoy of FC soldiers.