7,083. 7/19/2007

Pakistani President Purvez “Musharraf abandoned the truce with the Pakistani Taliban, sacked Governor [Ali Jan] Orakzai in Peshawar, and, on July 19, 2007, formally launched a military offensive in FATA [Federally Administered Tribal Areas].”

 – Ahmed Rashid, Descent Into Chaos, Page 385

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