ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Friday that it had killed greater than 17,600 militants in counter-terrorism operations began after the nine/11 terror attacks and destroyed their coaching camps in the restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan.
Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on the weekly briefing that Pakistan had additionally cleared greater than 46,000 km of land from terrorists.
"Counter-terrorism operations within Pakistan have cleared 46,378 km of land and eliminated 17,614 terrorists, ensuring that our soil is not used against any other territory; we expect the same from our neighbours," he said.
US President Donald Trump has asked Pakistan to take "decisive action" in opposition to terror groups working from its soil.
Unveiling his first National Security Strategy (NSS), Trump said Pakistan has to intensify its counter-terrorism efforts and lend a hand in eliminating terror sanctuaries as America was once making "massive payments" to it annually.
Faisal said the continued counter-terrorism operation Raddul-Fassad which was once introduced via Pakistan army ultimate year eradicated terrorists especially the ones belonging to Tehreek-i-Taiban Afghanistan (TTA) and Haqqani Network (HN).
"Actions against HN include rooting out of terrorist camps in Waziristan, blocking medical assistance to terrorists & breaking their financing & training camps," he said.
Faisal said Pakistan continued to forestall suspected TTA and HN parts from using its soil for any terrorist process in Afghanistan.
He said that 27 people suspected of belonging to TTA and HN had been handed over to Afghanistan in November 2017.
Faisal additionally alleged that "tensions and escalation by India at the Eastern border adversely impact our counter- terrorism efforts".
Pakistan has deployed 202,000 troops for motion in opposition to militants, the biggest counter-terrorism deployment.
Faisal said efficient border control remained certainly one of Pakistan's prime targets in combating cross-border terrorism.
"Pakistan has 975 border posts to man Pak-Afghan border; Afghanistan has 218," he said.
He said Pakistan was once keen to assist the Afghan executive while highlighting that at the southern side of the border, "a stretch of 648 km has no check post on the Afghan side".
"Large swathes of ungoverned spaces in Afghanistan are leaving a vacuum for safe havens and terrorist sanctuaries to flourish and launch attacks on Pakistan. Incidence of cross- border terrorist attacks from Afghanistan has increased since 2016, and peaked to 417 in 2017," he said.
The spokesman additionally said that "Pakistan continues to share intelligence with more than 70 countries" and has misplaced 75,000 civilians and 6000 squaddies to the scourge of terrorism.
He said Pakistan had one of the best officer-to- soldier casualty charges globally.
Faisal additionally said his country had suffered financial losses worth USD 123 billions in the battle in opposition to terrorism.
He additionally mentioned the recent fatwa collectively issued via 1,829 extremely qualified spiritual scholars, condemning terrorism and pointing out it contrary to the teachings of Islam.
"The fatwa outlaws the use of force by individuals or groups to take up arms against state for imposition of Sharia. The Fatwa also prohibits Pakistani citizens from violating territorial boundaries in the name of helping other armed groups and struggles outside Pakistan, offering intellectual and practical training and recruitment of terrorists," he said.
Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on the weekly briefing that Pakistan had additionally cleared greater than 46,000 km of land from terrorists.
"Counter-terrorism operations within Pakistan have cleared 46,378 km of land and eliminated 17,614 terrorists, ensuring that our soil is not used against any other territory; we expect the same from our neighbours," he said.
US President Donald Trump has asked Pakistan to take "decisive action" in opposition to terror groups working from its soil.
Unveiling his first National Security Strategy (NSS), Trump said Pakistan has to intensify its counter-terrorism efforts and lend a hand in eliminating terror sanctuaries as America was once making "massive payments" to it annually.
Faisal said the continued counter-terrorism operation Raddul-Fassad which was once introduced via Pakistan army ultimate year eradicated terrorists especially the ones belonging to Tehreek-i-Taiban Afghanistan (TTA) and Haqqani Network (HN).
"Actions against HN include rooting out of terrorist camps in Waziristan, blocking medical assistance to terrorists & breaking their financing & training camps," he said.
Faisal said Pakistan continued to forestall suspected TTA and HN parts from using its soil for any terrorist process in Afghanistan.
He said that 27 people suspected of belonging to TTA and HN had been handed over to Afghanistan in November 2017.
Faisal additionally alleged that "tensions and escalation by India at the Eastern border adversely impact our counter- terrorism efforts".
Pakistan has deployed 202,000 troops for motion in opposition to militants, the biggest counter-terrorism deployment.
Faisal said efficient border control remained certainly one of Pakistan's prime targets in combating cross-border terrorism.
"Pakistan has 975 border posts to man Pak-Afghan border; Afghanistan has 218," he said.
He said Pakistan was once keen to assist the Afghan executive while highlighting that at the southern side of the border, "a stretch of 648 km has no check post on the Afghan side".
"Large swathes of ungoverned spaces in Afghanistan are leaving a vacuum for safe havens and terrorist sanctuaries to flourish and launch attacks on Pakistan. Incidence of cross- border terrorist attacks from Afghanistan has increased since 2016, and peaked to 417 in 2017," he said.
The spokesman additionally said that "Pakistan continues to share intelligence with more than 70 countries" and has misplaced 75,000 civilians and 6000 squaddies to the scourge of terrorism.
He said Pakistan had one of the best officer-to- soldier casualty charges globally.
Faisal additionally said his country had suffered financial losses worth USD 123 billions in the battle in opposition to terrorism.
He additionally mentioned the recent fatwa collectively issued via 1,829 extremely qualified spiritual scholars, condemning terrorism and pointing out it contrary to the teachings of Islam.
"The fatwa outlaws the use of force by individuals or groups to take up arms against state for imposition of Sharia. The Fatwa also prohibits Pakistani citizens from violating territorial boundaries in the name of helping other armed groups and struggles outside Pakistan, offering intellectual and practical training and recruitment of terrorists," he said.
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