Asked who was in control of Miramshah, the official said: “No-one really. The Taliban have (apparently) left, yet they are still there, and the government is there but is not in total control.”It is but it isn't; it was but it wasn't. Just a bit of a disagreement between "paramilitary" forces (whoever they are) and terrorist outlaws, actually, no big whoop -- Pakistan really has a grip on this region, really.
Conflict between various Pastun groups. The
Frontier Corps is out there. The tribal lashkars are out there. Armed bands of Taliban and al Qaeda are wandering around. And Mushy controls only what his soldiers are standing upon.