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Pakistan Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira (left) and Army Spokesman Major General Athar Abbas (right)2. Wide of news conference 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Major General Athar Abbas, Pakistani Army Spokesman:\"So far, we have...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eIslamabad\u003cbr/\u003e1. Pakistan Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira (left) and Army Spokesman Major General Athar Abbas (right)\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of news conference \u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Major General Athar Abbas, Pakistani Army Spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So far, we have lost 9 shaheed (martyred soldiers) and 35 wounded soldiers and officers, whereas the total casualties of terrorists is 78. 18 in the last 24 hours, and earlier (a) total of 60.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Cutaway media\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Major General Athar Abbas, Pakistani Army Spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The forces are carrying out a successful operation. And we will complete the operation within the timescale. But it is not appropriate to announce the timescale.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close of photographer\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Major General Athar Abbas, Pakistani Army Spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The government has decided to go against an organisation which is a declared terrorist organisation. And if you happen to isolate this organisation, I think we would like to also talk to the devil in this regard. Because the centre of gravity of the whole terrorism problem of our country lies in this area and this organisation. So there is no harm in isolating this organisation from the others.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide, pull out of end of news conference \u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide exterior of Information Ministry\u003cbr/\u003eNear Dera Ismail Khan\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of trucks loaded with internally displaced people (IDPs) coming from South Waziristan \u003cbr/\u003e11. Tracking shot of family in back of a pick-up truck \u003cbr/\u003e12. Policeman checking identification of IDPs \u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of people in back of trucks\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Fazlu Rehman, internally displaced person (IDP) from South Waziristan:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The fighting is going on there. There are lots of bombardments of houses, of mosques, of madrassas (religious schools), of everything. And so we don't have any choice except to leave the area. We're going to find some safe place. We are going to D I (Dera Ismail) Khan, maybe Karachi or somewhere else.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Pan of vehicles leaving checkpoint\u003cbr/\u003eKarachi\u003cbr/\u003e16. Karachi Police Chief Waseem Ahmed walking into news conference \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Waseen Ahmed, Karachi Police Chief: \u003cbr/\u003e\"We interrogated the suspects, and then made another raid in which we recovered 75 kilograms of high quality explosives. Their plan was to load the RDX (Royal Demolition Explosive) in a vehicle, and they wanted to hit a security agency or government installation, or hit a high ranking police official.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Cutaway of journalists\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of press conference\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of officials holding up recovered weapons and explosives \u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of grenades\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of rifles and ammunition\u003cbr/\u003eAs Pakistan pressed ahead with an assault on the country's main Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold, an army spokesman on Monday said 78 militants and nine soldiers had been killed since the offensive began.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The forces are carrying out a successful operation. And we will complete the operation within the timescale,\" said Major General Athar Abbas, sitting next to Pakistan Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira at a news conference in Islamabad. \u003cbr/\u003eHowever, he said it would be inappropriate to provide details of the time frame. \u003cbr/\u003eOn Monday troops were fighting militants on three fronts and fighter jets bombing insurgent positions near the Afghan border.\u003cbr/\u003eThe army and the Pakistani Taliban have each claimed early victories in South Waziristan, a lawless, semi-autonomous region that Islamist extremists use as a base to plot attacks on the Pakistani state and Western troops in Afghanistan.\u003cbr/\u003eIt is nearly impossible to independently verify what is going on in South Waziristan because the army is blocking access to it and surrounding towns.\u003cbr/\u003eAs the offensive entered its third day, Pakistani intelligence officials also revealed that the army had reached prior agreements with two militant commanders - whose supporters are believed to be fighting US forces in Afghanistan - to stay neutral during the assault.\u003cbr/\u003eThat could trigger concern in Washington, which has been pushing Islamabad to launch the offensive, seen as the most crucial yet against militants who are in control of a large swath of Pakistan's northwestern frontier region.\u003cbr/\u003eMilitants have carried out a string of bloody attacks in recent weeks, including a 22-hour siege of army headquarters in Rawalpindi.\u003cbr/\u003eIntelligence officials said the army before the offensive had reached verbal agreements with two militant commanders, Maulvi Nazir and Hafiz Gul Bahadur, aimed at ensuring they stay neutral during the offensive. \u003cbr/\u003eIn return, the army will not attack the men and their fighters, who concentrate on battling U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the officials said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.\u003cbr/\u003eAbbas told The Associated Press there was an understanding with them that they will not interfere in this war.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There is no harm in isolating this organisation from the others,\" he told reporters. \u003cbr/\u003eThe offensive is focused on eliminating Pakistani Taliban militants linked to the Mehsud tribe, who control about half of South Waziristan and are blamed for 80 percent of the suicide attacks that have battered Pakistan over the last three years.\u003cbr/\u003eThe army wants to isolate the Mehsud tribe from others in the region, something many analysts say will be key to its success or failure as the army does not have the strength to take on all the groups in the region simultaneously. \u003cbr/\u003ePakistan troops have been beaten back from the mountainous region in South Waziristan three times since 2004.\u003cbr/\u003eThe United States has made it clear it would like Pakistan to target all militant groups in the northwest, regardless of where their interests lie.\u003cbr/\u003eU.S. Embassy officials declined comment when asked about the deals apparently struck with the two commanders.\u003cbr/\u003eSome 30-thousand troops are up against an estimated 10-thousand Pakistani militants and about 1,500 foreign fighters.\u003cbr/\u003eAs many as 150-thousand civilians have left the region in recent months after the army made clear it was planning an assault, but some 350-thousand people may be left. \u003cbr/\u003eAuthorities say up to 200-thousand people may flee in the coming weeks.\u003cbr/\u003eHundreds of South Waziristan residents sought to flee their homes on Monday.\u003cbr/\u003eMany of the internally displaced people (IDPs) were headed on the main road to Dera Ismael Khan (D I Khan) on Monday. \u003cbr/\u003eOutside the city, families crammed into pick-up trucks which were stopped at security checkpoints and registration centres set up to handle the expected influx of IDPs. \u003cbr/\u003eWomen in burkhas, elderly people and small children were among those finding space on trucks out of South Waziristan on Monday.\u003cbr/\u003eOne man, Fazlu Rehman, claimed he and his family had little choice but to leave their homes.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The fighting is going on there. 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