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Military claims severing militants' supply route
[Dawn] The army claimed on Wednesday to have made major progress in an operation in  Kurram Agency...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora... after clearing the snow-covered Jogi mountains and severing a vital supply route to forces of Evil in North  Wazoo."Jogi mountains, which were being used by forces of Evil as their hideout, have been captured and the area is well defended," an army officer said after COAS Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... visited troops in Kurram Agency. Gen Kayani was updated about Operation Azmari Ghero launched last November for flushing out beturbanned goons. This was one of the most intensely carried out recent operations in which 69 troops, including five officers, and about 160 beturbanned goons, including foreigners, were killed. "The cut-throats fought pitched battles because it was one of their important lairs and served as an important link between Tirah valley and North Waziristan," the officer said. He said North Waziristan had now been cut off from three sides. The officer stayed short of claiming a victory against forces of Evil in the area and said they were still holding some area towards Tirah valley, which is their stronghold. "Success of the operation will not only secure Kurram but will also sever linkage of terrorist groups in North Waziristan and Fata. "Due to this significant effect, the operation is characterised by tough resistance from desperate cut-throats against the resolve and determination of the forces," the ISPR said in a statement. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-10 |
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