Pakistan's Army Says Attack On Militants 'Imminent'

by Julie McCarthy, NPR

A bombing Monday at the office of the U.N. World Food Program in Pakistan's capital killed three people and injured a half-dozen others. The attack comes as the Pakistani army says it is preparing to launch a decisive offensive in the tribal area along the border with Afghanistan in the militant stronghold of South Waziristan.

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