On January 16, hundreds of radical Islamist fighters overran a military fortat Sararogha in south Waziristan, apparently facing mixed resistance from thetroops stationed there. Seven soldiers of the Pakistan Frontier Corps arereported to have been killed, while 15 fled to the safety of a nearby militarypost, and another 20 were reported missing. Just a day later, 'dozens' ofPakistan troops are said to have simply abandoned another post along thePakistan-Afghanistan border, after receiving threats from the same Talibanforces that had earlier overrun the Sararogha Fort.