This may help explain why in February 2008 a thunderous army assault into the Mehsud territory was unaccountably called off, admittedly after it had killed over 1,000 Mehsud and Uzbek fighters.

• 这也可以解释2008年2月一次重大的军方突袭何以无故取消，然而无可否认后来有1，000名迈赫苏德和乌兹别克激进分子在战斗中死亡。