Pakistan Army Chief says Terrorists to be targeted also in isolated pockets

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif reiterated that military operations would continue to clear all the terrorists from urban centers and remote areas at all costs to bring peace and prosperity in the country.

He reaffirmed Pakistan Army’s determination to take ongoing military operations to the logical conclusion. The terrorists squeezed in isolated pockets would be targeted with precision for elimination, he added. The COAS made the resolve during his visit to Peshawar.

Pakistan Army is fighting a counterterrorism and counterinsurgency war to eliminate the Deobandi takfiri Taliban and their allied-militant outfits such as Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (ASWJ) or Sipah-e-Sahaba.

The COAS was briefed on security in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa/FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas), operation Zarb-e-Azb and ongoing operation in Khyber Agency which was making steady progress, said ISPR DG Maj. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa in his tweet on social media.

General Raheel Sharif also visited Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar and met the wounded soldiers.

He said the resolve and indomitable spirit of injured was highly reassuring asset for Army and the nation.