Dunya News - Zarb-e-Azb operation continues, 13 more terrorists killed in airstrikes
- 10 years ago
Thirteen terrorists have been killed in airstrikes as Operation Zarb-e-Azb continues.
Bannu (Dunya News) – Thirteen terrorists have been killed in airstrikes as Operation Zarb-e-Azb continues in North Waziristan, Dunya News reported.
Zarb-e-Azb operation continues with full force in North Waziristan. Thirteen more terrorists have been killed in airstrikes and seven terrorist hideouts have been destroyed by jet air-crafts in the Dagan area of North Waziristan.
Pakistan Army is fighting against foreign and local terrorists holed up in North Waziristan Agency to ensure a free from strife future for Pakistan.
According to an ISPR press release, fighter jets assailed seven militant hideouts in the village of Dagan. The thirteen terrorists killed in the attack include foreigners among them. A large part of Miranshah has also been cleared from terrorists in the ground and aerial offensive that continues as part of the ongoing Zarb-e-Azb operation in North Waziristan Agency.
In the three weeks of military offensive, a huge stockpile of explosives and heavy weapons have been recovered from the militant-occupied region.
Nearly 600,000 people have fled the offensive in North Waziristan, which is aimed at wiping out longstanding militant strongholds in the area, which borders Afghanistan.
Tens of thousands of families have left for the town of Bannu, close to North Waziristan, while hundreds more have moved further afield to the towns of Lakki Marwat, Karak and Dera Ismail Khan since the offensive began in mid-June.
Jets and artillery began hitting militant targets in North Waziristan on June 15, launching an operation to regain full control of the district after years of pressure from Washington and other powers.
The assault was finally launched after a dramatic attack on Karachi airport last month which killed dozens of people and marked the end of a faltering peace process with the Pakistani Taliban.
So far, 376 militants and 19 soldiers have been killed in the offensive, according to the military, though with the area off-limits to journalists the number and identity of the dead is impossible to verify.
Major General Asim Bajwa, the chief spokesman for the Pakistani military, said on Tuesday the ongoing offensive would target all militants, including the feared Haqqani network.
He also demanded Afghanistan do more to track down hardline cleric Maulana Fazlullah, who took over the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leadership last year after previous chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by a US drone.
Bannu (Dunya News) – Thirteen terrorists have been killed in airstrikes as Operation Zarb-e-Azb continues in North Waziristan, Dunya News reported.
Zarb-e-Azb operation continues with full force in North Waziristan. Thirteen more terrorists have been killed in airstrikes and seven terrorist hideouts have been destroyed by jet air-crafts in the Dagan area of North Waziristan.
Pakistan Army is fighting against foreign and local terrorists holed up in North Waziristan Agency to ensure a free from strife future for Pakistan.
According to an ISPR press release, fighter jets assailed seven militant hideouts in the village of Dagan. The thirteen terrorists killed in the attack include foreigners among them. A large part of Miranshah has also been cleared from terrorists in the ground and aerial offensive that continues as part of the ongoing Zarb-e-Azb operation in North Waziristan Agency.
In the three weeks of military offensive, a huge stockpile of explosives and heavy weapons have been recovered from the militant-occupied region.
Nearly 600,000 people have fled the offensive in North Waziristan, which is aimed at wiping out longstanding militant strongholds in the area, which borders Afghanistan.
Tens of thousands of families have left for the town of Bannu, close to North Waziristan, while hundreds more have moved further afield to the towns of Lakki Marwat, Karak and Dera Ismail Khan since the offensive began in mid-June.
Jets and artillery began hitting militant targets in North Waziristan on June 15, launching an operation to regain full control of the district after years of pressure from Washington and other powers.
The assault was finally launched after a dramatic attack on Karachi airport last month which killed dozens of people and marked the end of a faltering peace process with the Pakistani Taliban.
So far, 376 militants and 19 soldiers have been killed in the offensive, according to the military, though with the area off-limits to journalists the number and identity of the dead is impossible to verify.
Major General Asim Bajwa, the chief spokesman for the Pakistani military, said on Tuesday the ongoing offensive would target all militants, including the feared Haqqani network.
He also demanded Afghanistan do more to track down hardline cleric Maulana Fazlullah, who took over the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leadership last year after previous chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by a US drone.