Wed, 2023-08-23 19:17
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief General Syed Asim Munir vowed that militants destabilizing the country would be “hunted down” until they surrender, the army’s media wing said on Wednesday as Pakistan grapples with a surge in militancy in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
The army chief’s remarks came at the heels of Tuesday’s fierce gunbattle in the South Waziristan district bordering Afghanistan, causing the deaths of six soldiers and four militants. The Pakistani Taliban or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the attack.
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