DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Taliban  militants attacked Pakistani forces and recaptured a strategic  town yesterday while two suicide bomb blasts at an Islamic  university in the capital killed six people and wounded at  least 20, officials said.  

The government made an immediate link between the  university attack and an offensive against the Taliban, with  Interior Minister Rehman Malik saying “all roads are leading  towards South Waziristan”.  

Fighting for control of the lawless area is a major test of  the government’s ability to tackle an increasingly brazen  insurgency that has seen a string of attacks in various parts  of the country.