Security forces launched operation along Pak-Afghan border
Additional troops deployed in Rajgal valley to check terrorists’ movement
Lead Report
Rawalpindi/KhyberAgency : As many as 15 terrorists were killed and several hideouts destroyed as Pakistan Army jets targeted militants in Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency,An operation has been launched along Pak-Afghan border to reinforce troops’ deployment in Rajgal valley to effectively check and guard against terrorists‘ movement along high mountains and all weather passes in Khyber Agency, the Interior Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported on Tuesday morning.Inp reports.
The objective is to check infiltration of terrorists from Afghanistan in the Khyber Agency as well as to prevent the terrorists from crossing the Durand Line after their activities in Pakistan.
Sources said the operation and deployment of additional troops over the mountain top and in the Darra would effectively check the movement of terrorists.
Khyber Agency and North Waziristan are among Pakistan’s seven semi-autonomous tribal districts near the Afghan border, rife with homegrown insurgents and foreign militants.
These areas have also been considered home to extremist organisations, including Al Qaeda and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
Military operations Zarb-e-Azb and the National Action Plan were launched in the area against insurgents following attacks on Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport and Peshawar’s Army Public School in 2014.
The number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan has fallen around 70 percent this year, due to the combination of the military offensive against Taliban bases along the Afghan border and government initiatives to tackle militancy.
