Pakistan Gen says Taliban militants defeated in stronghold

SHOTLIST Bajur Tribal Area, Bajur 1. Aerial, wide of mountainous terrain 2. Aerial, mid of farm land 3. Aerial, wide of mountains and farm land Inayat Kili, Bajur 4. Tracking-shot of debris from shops destroyed in recent fighting 5. Tracking-shot of debris, destroyed foundations of houses and shattered trees destroyed in recent fighting 6. Close-up reverse shot of soldier from the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) standing on vehicle with grenade launcher on his shoulder 7. Mid of Frontier Corps troops on back of truck, truck driving away Khar, Bajur 8. Mid of troops and vehicles in front of Bajur Frontier Scouts headquarters, sign reads: (English) "Bajur Scouts" 9. Mid interior of Major General Tariq Khan, Inspector General of the Frontier Corps at news conference held by the Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps 10. Cutaway of cameramen 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Major General Tariq Khan, Inspector General of the Frontier Corps: "And they like to come on to the radio and you know say that this peace has come about because they decided its going to be peace. It's not them deciding, it's decided because they are not capable of now disrupting the peace any longer." Bur Kili, Bajur 12. Local tribesmen greeting Frontier Corps officers 13. SOUNDBITE: (Pashtu) Mohammed Saeed, local resident: "We will be so happy if peace comes. As you know, we are all poor people and things are so expensive nowadays. We'll be so happy if peace comes because we have been losing our livelihoods." 14. Wide of people gathered, cameraman, and journalist on military tour with soldiers and tribesmen 15. Tracking-shot of army tank parked in forecourt of petrol station Mohmand Tribal Area 16. Wide of mud walled compounds, farmland and hills 17. Mid of white peace flags pitched on rooftops of mud compounds 18. Wide of paramilitary soldiers entering a school used as a base by a Taliban group 19. Mid of soldier 20. Tilt up interior of destroyed classroom, showing wooden debris, and desks destroyed in fighting 21. Wide exterior of Pakistani flag flying over a military camp, white smoke in air 22. Close- tilt up of the handcuffed hands of a captured Taliban prisoner, Imran (no second name given), as he is led away 23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Imran (full name not given) captured Taliban fighter: "I didn't plan but I was thinking so (to become a suicide bomber) " (Reporter Q: "You were thinking? Why, why?") "Why? They told us that in our brain it was truth that you are fighting for Islam, you are fighting for a true." 24. Mid of paramilitary forces with captured recoilless rifle 25. Mid of soldier looking out over valley STORYLINE: Pakistani troops have defeated Taliban militants in two strongholds near the Afghan border after a grinding offensive, officers in both military operations said on Saturday. Major General Tariq Khan, commander of the paramilitary Frontier Corps, told reporters flown to Bajur by helicopter, that the militancy has been dismantled in the region - considered a gateway for Afghanistan-bound militants - where the army says the Taliban set up a mini-state with its own courts and tax systems. Khan claimed his troops now control Bajur's roads making it impossible for militants to move freely. "They are not capable of now disrupting the peace any longer," said Major Khan during a news conference on Saturday in Khar, Bajur. However, he acknowledged that five top militant commanders got away, possibly to Afghanistan. Khan said he hopes military operations in the tribal regions will be over by the end of this year. Residents of the village of Bur Kili, near Bajur's main town said they were backing the military's efforts and hoped peace would return soon. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c48a00827f4a1b56475a9da31fbcc22e Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork