巴基斯坦政府军在武装直升机和大炮的支持下对塔利班武装激进份子发动进攻之际，成千上万的人逃离巴基斯坦西北地区。
巴基斯坦官员说，自从星期日在马拉坎专区的下迪尔地区行动开始以来，政府军已经消灭了45名以上的武装分子。
该地区属于政府和激进分子之间一项有争议的和平协议覆□c的地区，这项和平协议是为了在马拉坎地区实行严厉的伊斯兰教法，以换取结束当地的极端主义暴力活动。
星期一早些时候，激进派神职人员穆罕默德的发言人说，在下迪尔地区的军事行动停止之前，穆罕默德暂停塔利班与政府官员之间的谈判。
巴基斯坦官员说，塔利班激进组织将战斗人员输送到包括布内尔地区在内的邻近地区，违反了协议的条款，布内尔地区离首都伊斯兰堡仅100公里。
Thousands of people are fleeing northwestern Pakistan, as the military targets Taliban militants with paramilitary forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery.
Pakistani officials say troops have killed more than 45 militants since the operation in the Lower Dir district of Malakand began Sunday.
The region is included in a controversial peace deal between the government and militants to impose strict Islamic law in Malakand in exchange for an end to extremist violence there.
Earlier Monday, a spokesman for radical cleric Sufi Mohammad said he had suspended peace negotiations between the Taliban and government officials until the military operation in Lower Dir was halted.
Pakistani officials say Taliban militants have violated terms of the deal by exporting fighters to neighboring areas, including Buner district, which is just 100 kilometers from Islamabad.