That makes the drone the ideal weapon for tracking down and killing terrorists , particularly in places like the fata where other options , such as sending in special forces , are not politically feasible .
Some of lashkar 's training takes place in the ungoverned spaces of the federally administered tribal areas ( fata ) , but much of it is done in and around pakistan-controlled kashmir , where the military and police have a strong presence .
Moreover , the army 's record in fighting both in swat and fata has been marked by allegations of brutality , torture and extra-judicial killings . This has further boosted militant recruitment .
Mr zawahiri may still be hiding out in north waziristan , in the federally administered tribal areas ( fata ) bordering afghanistan . The pushtun tribes there have provided fertile recruiting grounds for the groups that have coalesced into the pakistani taliban .
As life ends , everything is just a fata morgana .
当生命结束的时候一切都只是假象。
The pashto-language broadcasts of radio pakistan are not transmitted throughout fata , khan adds .
巴基斯坦电台的普什图语广播并未遍及整个部落区,可汗接着说道。
Residents of fata are thus forced to choose between radio azadi , the afghan service of radio free europe that broadcasts from afghanistan , and the illegal transmissions of fm mullahs .
It is strong not just in the pushtun borderlands of baluchistan , the federally administered tribal areas ( fata ) and the north-west frontier province ( nwfp ) , where pakistan and afghanistan blur along a disputed border .