...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Friday.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the operation was launched on August 10-11 and a "large cache of arms and ammunition" were also recovered during the clampdown.
It said that the killed murderous Moslems were behind the "targeting of innocent civilians and law enforcement agencies".
"The security forces remain committed to eliminating the menace of terrorism and thwart nefarious designs of the enemies of Pakistain at all costs," the ISPR added.
The operation comes days after army chief General Asim Munir said the recent surge in terrorism was a "futile effort" by murderous Moslems to resume talks and warned them to submit to the "writ of state of Pakistain before they are decimated".
According to the ISPR, the army chief issued the warning when he met the tribal elders and notables from the newly merged districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The "interactive session" was held during the chief of army staff’s (COAS) visit to Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire....