Observing the fighting in Pakistan, the United States, Afghanistan, and India expect the Pakistani army to take on both the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani militants. But thousands of fighters are thought to be dispersed in the Pashtun tribal areas of Pakistan, with many of them focused on operations in Afghanistan.
在观察巴军行动之时，美国，阿富汗和印度三方都希望巴军能同时消灭阿富汗塔利班和巴基斯坦武装分子。但据估计，依然有上千名武装分子分布在巴基斯坦的普什图族部落地区，而其中大多数都将目光集中在阿富汗境内的行动。而极端分子的这种跨境行动则彰显出各国展开国际合作的重要性