retribution for a recent pakistani military offense against the taliban in their country. "the times" reports, the military says that the offensive has resulted in the death of 1,800 militants and cleared much of the region's most notorious hub of militant activity. michael, given today's attack, is the military offensive having any impact? >> that's a great question. it's a really complicated situation. you mentioned the region. the region is waziristan, on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. during my analysis of the afghan war, one of the serious problems of lack of progress in afghanistan has been the inability to target the pakistan taliban that have been operating just over the border. they're the people that have been training suicide bombers and launching them into kabul to create havoc. the relationships between the u.s. and pakistan government have been very strained. they're also a number of different other groups that operate in this region from the