Peshawar - 29th October 2011
Today on Saturday Lieutenant General Asif Yasin Malik (HI) corp commander 11 corp, pushes NATO to act against safe heavens of terrorist in Afghanistan. Pakistan's top military commander fighting militants in the northwestern zone. Pakistan will act against terrorist safe havens and urged NATO and Afghanistan to do the same.
Lt General Asif , who is supervising military operations in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), that his troops would not leave the area until complete security had been ensured. He was speaking during a visit to the development projects started by Pakistan army in the Kotkai area of South Waziristan tribal district on the Afghan border, where the Pak army launched a ground offensive two years ago.
He said; "We will take action against the terrorists in our area and NATO and Afghanistan should also take action against the terrorists in their area across the border, Pakistan will not tolerate any infiltration in its area. The Afghan government and NATO should not allow terrorists safe havens in Afghan provinces along the Pakistan border," He also added; "Our troops will stay here until complete security is ensured in this area, the Pakistan army is not going back from the tribal regions,"
Militants are dug in on both sides of the border, and last week the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Pakistan to do more to squeeze militant safe havens in its territory, notably those of the Haqqani network.
---PMG News © 2011---
