US Mobilizes Forces Along Pak Border

Reinforced with gunships and heavy weaponry, some 500 of the forces had been stationed near Afghanistan s border with Pakistan s North Waziristan region, a senior Pakistani government official told on condition of anonymity on Sunday.

The official went on to explain that the motive behind the move was yet unknown, but that the deployment could be part of a military drill to later launch a ground assault against the Taliban-allied Haqqani network of militants.

Tribal sources, meanwhile, said that a curfew had come into force, preventing the Pakistani troops  freedom of movement in the violence-hit region.