Pakistan moves artillery to border with Afghanistan
Security has been tightened at Pak-Afghan border to strictly monitor terrorists' movement.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – The security forces have moved heavy artillery and other military equipment closer to Afghanistan’s border to counter terrorists that pose a serious threat to Pakistan.
Pak Army on Monday also tightened security at Pak-Afghan border to strictly monitor terrorists’ movement.
Earlier today, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets killed dozens of militants in a series of airstrikes in a tribal region along the Afghan border.
A statement from the military confirmed that the attacks targeted militant hideouts in the Wucha Bibi area of North Waziristan.
The army has been battling TTP militants in North Waziristan since mid-2014. That campaign has been stepped up after a series of suicide bombings last week killed more than 100 people -- including 88 worshippers at a Sufi shrine.
Pak Army said it had information that terrorists from across the border were behind Thursday’s suicide bombing at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Sufi shrine in southern Sindh. Hours after the bombing, Pakistani security forces launched a nationwide operation killing more than 100 terrorists.
The army on Friday had summoned Afghan diplomats and handed them a list of 76 militants who, they say, were supporting terror activities in Pakistan.
The Pakistan army reportedly targeted a training camp of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar — the banned terror group which had claimed responsibility for the February 13 suicide bombing on Mall Road in Lahore and another suicide attack on the headquarters of the Mohmand Agency’s political administration on February 15. Some reports said several militants, including the deputy commander of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Adil Bacha, were killed in the strikes.
Pak-Afghan border also remains closed since Friday night due to security reasons.
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