From the shelter of Pakistan's remote tribal areas, fighters strike against international forces in Afghanistan and attack the government in Pakistan's cities. They are Pakistan's Taliban, and the question of how to deal with them has left relations between Pakistan and the United States at their most strained for years.
As Barbara Plett reports, the BBC has gained rare access to their leader and his supporters.
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