No, they are not withdrawing (
starship) troopers ;-) I anticipate that they are relocating them.
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=84931
RAWALPIDNI, November 28 (Online): Referring to troops pull out from the embattled South Waziristan zone, Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) Spokesman Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan said that security forces would net be pulled out of the volatile region of South Waziristan.
He said action would be taken as and when required if there was credible information about the presence of foreign militants or their involvement in terrorist activities.
Clarifying a news item appearing in a section of press regarding the removal of check posts and pullout of troops from Wana, ISPR Chief said that since area of Ahmad Zai Wazir has been secured and wanted men surrendered to the government, check posts in Azam Warsak and Shin Warsak will be manned by the local tribesmen.
Political administration and security forces would concentrate on stabilization of situation in the area and would also focus on development activities.
He was determined to say that operation would continue in Mahsud area where some of the wanted men were still at large and had not yet surrendered.
Enumerating three purposes for deployment of security forces in FATA, secure the western borders, assist the political administration in undertaking the development works and apprehend the foreign and local militants who were hiding in some of these areas.
He said that presence of aliens in the area and their local facilitators and their activities have disrupted the development works, as these elements were not involved in terrorist activities with in the country but also in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Some of the areas have been cleansed of the miscreants while the government with due assistance by the local tribesmen would ensure that there was no reemergence of miscreants in these areas, he added.