[trek]

"I doubt AZ was ever there"

Maybe. But one thing I found interesting was yesterday's denial by a Taleban official that AZ was ever in the area. While mocking the Paks and their offensive the official said that OBL and AZ were in Afghanistan and therefore couldn't be the HVTs the Paks were boasting about.

Makes you at least wonder if the goal of the assault was not to force this kind of a slip-up by the Taleban.

[txhurl]

Is this 'Uzbek' Mullah of interest to Russia, possibly?

[oceanview]

I think they are in Afghanistan. This Pakistan "spring offensive" move has to be the worst kept secret in military history, why would they stick around for that?