Pak. Army vows to kill the last of the militant

December 20, 2014 11:51 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 03:48 am IST - Islamabad:

Pakistani Army chief General Raheel Sharif has told soldiers that the fight against militants will continue till the last of the rebel is eliminated.

General Sharif visited Khyber and met the troops on the front lines last evening. He also met Special Services Group soldiers or commandos spearheading the targeted operations.

The security forces have launched a hunt for rebels after the Peshawar school massacre. The Army has vowed to take out Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah, nicknamed “Radio Mullah,” who is said to be in contact with the Peshawar school attackers during the assault.

Pakistani security forces killed at least 67 militants in a countrywide swoop on Friday.

The security forces killed five terrorists in Darra Adam Khel, near Peshawar, in a targeted operation on Saturday.

Also, the police and the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) attacked a Taliban facilitator Sayyar Khan in the Machini area, near Peshawar, leading to a gun battle with the militants.

Senior police officer Ijaz Ahmad told the media that Khan and another militant were killed while a policemen and an FC soldier embraced martyrdom in the fight.

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