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Their remnants are currently engaged in fierce fighting with government forces in the rugged and heavily forested Shawwal Valley as the military tries to evict them as part of the ongoing Operation Zarb-i-Azb counter-terrorist campaign.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Many TTP members, their allies\u00a0and affiliates\u00a0slipped across the border into Afghanistan,\u00a0however. Though their permanent re-entry into Pakistan is frustrated by the presence of the FC and regular Army stationed along the border, they now appear to be attacking from across the border at will.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;I suspect these sort of cross-border attacks by the TTP and fellow ideological travelers will be something that, unfortunately, the Pakistan state will have to live with for the foreseeable future,&#8221;\u00a0said Claude Rakisits, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council&#8217;s South Asia Center.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;The Pakistan military has done an excellent job hunting down the myriad of terrorist groups, degrading their capability and disrupting their network since June last year when military operations in South Waziristan and other parts of [Federally Administered Tribal Areas] began. And this has been reflected by the very significant decrease in terrorist attacks inside Pakistan,&#8221; he said.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;Unfortunately, terrorism in general can never be completely eliminated; it can only be managed and contained at levels acceptable to the civilian population. 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