RAWALPINDI: A day after 16 troopers embraced martyrdom within the South Wazisitaion gun battle, Chief of Military Workers (COAS) Basic Asim Munir on Friday reiterated Pakistan Military’s agency resolve to remove terrorism and extremism in all its varieties, an announcement from the navy’s media wing stated.
The military chief made these remarks throughout his go to to Wana space of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) South Waziristan district, the Inter-Companies Public Relations stated on Sunday. Upon his arrival in Wana, he was obtained by the Corps Commander Peshawar.
Through the go to, the ISPR stated, the COAS obtained a complete briefing on the prevailing safety panorama and ongoing counter-terrorism operations.
Whereas interacting with the officers and the troops, he recommended their unwavering resilience and steadfastness within the face of terrorism, reaffirming the nation’s satisfaction of their sacrifices. He emphasised that the martyrs have been the satisfaction of Pakistan, and their sacrifices won’t ever be forgotten.
Gen Munir highlighted that the braveness, resilience, and unyielding dedication of Pakistan’s Armed Forces have been the “cornerstone of the nation’s sovereignty”.
He described the troopers of the armed forces and LEAs because the “true heroes of the nation, whose bravery and selfless dedication encourage your entire nation.”
He reaffirmed the Pakistan Military’s dedication to pursuing the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), now referred to as Fitna Al Khwarij, and will proceed to be hunted down until its elimination together with the “facilitator, abettors and financier who will probably be made to pay the worth for his or her nefarious actions towards the state.”
The military chief’s go to got here a day after sixteen Pakistan Military troopers embraced martyrdom whereas thwarting terrorists’ bid to assault a safety examine publish within the South Waziristan district.
On the evening between December 20-21, a bunch of terrorists tried to assault safety forces examine publish within the common space of Makeen within the tribal district, the ISPR stated.
It stated the try was successfully thwarted by troops and in ensuing hearth alternate, “eight khwarij [terrorists] have been despatched to hell”. “Nevertheless, throughout intense hearth alternate, sixteen courageous sons of soil, having fought gallantly embraced shahadat.”
Pakistan has been reeling from elevated terrorist assaults for months with the third quarter (July-September) witnessing a pointy improve in fatalities of terrorist violence and counter-terrorism campaigns with a 90% surge in violence, in response to a report issued by the Centre for Analysis and Safety Research (CRSS).
A complete of 722 folks have been killed, together with civilians, safety personnel, and outlaws, whereas 615 others have been wounded in as many as 328 incidents recorded throughout the interval underneath evaluate.
Practically 97% of those fatalities occurred in KP and Balochistan — marking the best proportion in a decade, and over 92% of those incidents of terror assaults and safety forces’ operations have been recorded in the identical provinces.
The full fatalities from three quarters of this yr have now surpassed the full fatalities recorded for your entire 2023; the variety of fatalities rose to a minimum of 1,534 within the first three quarters in comparison with 1,523 in 2023.