[A. Pole]

For too long, Pakistan has allowed the tribal areas to remain outside the control of the central government. That can't continue. It's time to see if Pakistan can be civilized.

We cannot civilise the barbarians living in our cities, how are you going to "civilize" all those tribes? By droping some bombs and proclaiming the victory on CNN?

[Dog Gone]

I haven't read too much about the formal structure of these tribal areas, but what I have read indicates that they are areas of limited jurisdiction for the government, something rather like our own Indian reservations, except that they are far worse. It's something out of Mad Max and/or the Star Wars cantina scenes.

Pakistan has a large army. It can move it into those areas and seize control. That's probably unconstitutional under Pakistani law, but so are military coups.

[SauronOfMordor]

We cannot civilise the barbarians living in our cities, how are you going to "civilize" all those tribes? By droping some bombs and proclaiming the victory on CNN?

The Carthage approach might work.