FILE -- In this file photo taken on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan. Dozens of domestic and foreign militants have left Pakistan for Syria in recent months, a small but growing cadre that includes fighters from al-Qaida, the Pakistani Taliban and Suleman’s group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, according to Pakistani militants and intelligence officials. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)