 On 12 April 2007, the army general in charge of South Waziristan said that tribal fighters had cleared the Soviet Uzbeks out of the valleys surrounding Wana and the foreign fighters had been pushed back into the mountains on the Afghan border.Four days later, the local tribesmen has urged Islamabad to resume control of law and order in the area.The siege of Lal Masjid was one the serious breach in the conflict and escalated the conflict in the summer of 2007.