A likely attempt to take some pressure off of the Gilani government by appearing to be taking a tough stance against terrorists within Pakistan’s border. Of course, the government still refuses to help India by deporting the terrorists believed responsible for the Mumbai attacks, so…

At least 30 Taliban militants were killed Wednesday during military air strikes in a restive Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.

The strikes were carried out by Pakistani jets and helicopter gunships at militant hide outs in Mohmand tribal district bordering Afghanistan where the military is hunting Al-Qaeda linked Taliban militants.

“According to reports received here at least 30 militants were killed in the air strikes,” a security official told AFP.

“Two militant centres, a militant training camp and an ammunition dump were also destroyed in the air strikes,” he added.

Certainly a good step and I hope we see more of these strikes, but I don’t buy that Pakistan’s seriously cracking down. It’d be nice if the new government began hitting Taliban, Al Qaeda, and Lashkar-e-Taiba regularly but I’m not holding my breath.

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