Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said it had killed more than 17,600 militants in counter-terrorism operations which started after the 9/11 terror attacks. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said it had killed more than 17,600 militants in counter-terrorism operations which started after the 9/11 terror attacks. Pakistan on Friday said it had killed more than 17,600 militants in counter-terrorism operations started after the 9/11 terror attacks and destroyed training camps in the restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan. At the weekly briefing, Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said Pakistan had also cleared more than 46,000 km of land from terrorists. “Pakistan has 975 border posts to man Pak-Afghan border; Afghanistan has 218,” he said.

Source: Indian Express February 02, 2018 11:49 UTC