RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday directed stringent measures to check all cross border movement indiscriminately, in coordination with Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan.
The directives came when the COAS visited troops engaged in combing operations in Thall area adjacent to the Kurram Agency on Tuesday, said the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) in its press release.
During his visit, the army chief was briefed in detail by the Operation Commander about security situation in Kurram and progress of ongoing combing operations and Intelligence based operations.
While expressing his satisfaction over progress of combing operations and the resultant security environment, he appreciated the valour and gains made by troops and the value these operations are bringing to cleansing of the area from terrorists and their sympathizers.
The COAS said that as we consolidate gains of kinetic operations in Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA), our emphasis is on rooting out all their sleeper cells and a network of facilitators from FATA and across rest of the country.
General Raheel Sharif reiterated that our operations will continue across the board without any discrimination and Pakistan will not allow any terrorist to use its soil for terrorism against any other country.
The COAS reviewed new deployments and structures being made to improve border management and issued directives for stringent measures to check all cross border movement indiscriminately, in coordination with ANSF and RSM in Afghanistan.
Earlier on arrival at the Kurram agency, the COAS was received by Corps Commander Peshawar Lieutenant General Hidayat ur Rehman.
