THE arrest of Maulvi Muhammad Omar, a senior leader of the Tehrik Taliban Pakistan and its spokesman, from Mohmand Agency, and other deaths and arrests, indicate that the military operation is weakening the TTP top hierarchy as well as the rank and file. Most of its leadership has been uprooted from their safe havens in the treacherous terrain of Malakand Division. While top commanders like Baitullah Mehsud, as Omar confirms, have been killed, others are on the run. Their capacity to strike at will and spill the blood of innocent people has now been seriously compromised. Reportedly, a conflict over leadership and sharing of resources has ensued among members of the TTP, which is indicative of the fact that the loss has left the outfit rudderless and factional tendencies have arisen. This is a good opportunity to dismantle the TTP's network. The army ought to cash in on the changed situation and with the intelligence available from the captured militants act quickly.