Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Safdar Hussain said on Tuesday that about 70 to 80 foreign terrorists were still in North Waziristan Agency. Gen Safdar told a private television channel that unfortunately some elements were still busy breeding terrorist tendencies among the local population in North Waziristan Agency. âAnti-Pakistan elements are indoctrinating young tribesmen in order to advance their ulterior motives. That is concerning and we wonât allow such elements to succeed,â he said.The war on terrorism would be taken to its logical end, as the Pakistan Army was seriously and aggressively taking counter-terrorism steps, he added. The general, who also leads operations in both Waziristan agencies, said no country could match the successes made by the Pakistan Army in combating terrorist elements. âIn more than a year, Pakistani soldiers physically covered an area of 38,000 square kilometres and took part in 53 operations, killing 342 terrorists including about 175 foreigners and arresting 774 others,â an army press release quoted him as saying.
He said 252 soldiers including paramilitary personnel had also been killed while 550 had been injured. âI donât think security and intelligence agencies worldwide had been as successful as the Pakistan Army in the fight against terrorism,â Gen Safdar said, adding that with the help of an effective intelligence system, the command and control structure of terrorists had been hit hard and their network had largely been rendered inoperative.