Director-General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major GeneralAthar Abbas said on Tuesday that the government would not allow anyone
to violate writ of the state adding that a major offensive has been
launched to flush out militants from Buner.
Addressing a press
briefing here, Major General Athar Abbas said that security forces
extended an offensive against Taliban militants to Buner district,
around 100 km (60 miles) north of the capital Islamabad.
“The
military launched an operation at 4:00 pm today, the aim of the
offensive is to eliminate and expel militants from Bunerâ€, Abbas said.
He
said the army and the Frontier Corps troops have entered Buner and IG
FC is overseeing the operation. Abbas said that over 70 militants were
killed in Lower Dir operation while 10 security forces personnel were
martyred. Abbas said that fighter jets of PAF are also taking part in
the operation.
He said over 500 militants, equipped with
sophisticated communication system, are holed up in various parts of
Buner who are constantly receiving money and arms from unknown sources.
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The real burning question is how many days this Buner operation whatever launched after success in Dir will remain as it is, another angle to see the same is behind this operation was the consent of local people included or the Army personnel kept the same at side. These question would raised later on.
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