RAWALPINDI (Staff Report) – As many as 263 hardliner terrorists have been so far killed in operation Khyber-2, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif was told on Wednesday, 35 army personnel also embraced martyrdom.
The army chief reviewed the progress made during the ongoing military operation in Khyber Agency and visited the front-line troops busy in combats, according to the twitter feed of Director General ISPR Major-General Asim Saleem Bajwa.
He tweeted “the morale of soldiers in the battlefield is very high and COAS paid rich tribute to the supreme sacrifices of brave men directing them to continue the momentum of operation to take it to a logical conclusion”.
General Raheel Sharif, on the occasion, also thanked the tribal brethren for their support to evict the terrorists from their areas to restore the peace and prosperity. He promised to not allow the militants to return to these areas ever.
The nation highly values the contributions of armed forces and fully stands by them for the elimination of terrorism and restoration of ultimate peace countrywide, the army chief said.
DG ISPR said the stronghold of terrorists has been reduced and Pakistan army is quite close to the Afghanistan border where the noose is already tightened to ensure that none of them is allowed to escape.
Tirah valley, Khyber and the areas to Musatil Pass along with Afghanistan are in full control of armed forces whereas at least 392 IEDs were also neutralized by specialized Engineering Unit of Pakistan army, he said.
The twitter thread of Major-General Asim Saleem Bajwa:
#COAS reviewing progress of ongoing ops ZarbeAzb in Khyber Agency today.Morale of troops sky high pic.twitter.com/72HLTTWe8g
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 8, 2015
Ops #Z-e-A:#COAS visited frontline troops amidst an ongoing ops in Khy.Reviewed phenomenal progress so far in eliminating terrorists-1/7
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 8, 2015
#Z-e-A:263 hard core terrorists killed after being surrounded in Tirah,Khy,from all sides.Musatil Pass Ldg to Afgn in full control-2/7
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 8, 2015
#Z-e-A:Terrorist’ strongholds reduced,fight now in progress in last few pkts close 2 Afgn Border.Noose tightened.No escape being allowed-3/7
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 8, 2015
#Z-e-A:Area infested with IED mostly foreign made.392 IEDs neutralized by spec Engrs Unit.35 sldrs embraced Shahadat since start f Khy-2-4/7
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 8, 2015
#COAS pays rich tribute to supreme sacrifice of sldrs,appreciates successes.Directed to continue momentum f ops,take it to logical concl-5/7
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 8, 2015
..till we fully eliminate terrorism frm across country,bring ultimate peace.The nation highly values sacrifices,stands United with AFs-6/7
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 8, 2015
#Z-e-A:#COAS appreciated tribal brethern for full support to evict terrorists from their areas.Wont allow terrorists to return ever-7/7
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 8, 2015
