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| Army to continue its role in Swat, says Kayani |
| 2013-09-22 |
| [Dawn] Pakistain's army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... on Saturday visited Swat ...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat... valley and reiterated that Army would continue to play its role in rebuilding the area and assisting civil administration in maintenance of law and order. "Praying for martyred Maj-Gen Sanaullah Khan, Lt. Colonel Touseef Ahmed and Lance Naik Irfan Sattar, he paid rich tribute to them for their ultimate sacrifice and said that the whole nation would remain indebted to them," said an ISPR blurb. The mentioned army officers were killed in a roadside kaboom blast in Upper Dir near the Afghan border on September 15. The Pak Talibs had grabbed credit for the attack later. Recounting the success of military operation in Swat, the chief of army staff appreciated the troops for successfully evicting the Death Eaters from Malakand Division. Gen Kayani especially lauded them for their post operation role of settlement of internally displaced people (IDPs) back in their hometowns, reconstruction of destroyed infrastructure, and capacity building of civil administration including training of police. During the last couple of years, a host of reconstruction and rebuilding projects have been completed by the Army in Malakand and Swat, helping bring normality in the area and relief to the locals. |
| Posted by:Fred |