Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Babar Iftikhar on February 22 said that over 350 terrorists killed and many arrested during Operation Raad-ul-Fasaad (Elimination of Discord), reports Samaa TV. Operation Raad-ul-Fasaad has completed four years and to share its successes DG ISPR Major General Babar Iftikhar addressed a press conference in Islamabad. The operation was launched by Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa on February 22, 2017 with the strategic intent to normalise the conditions in Pakistan, he remarked.
ISPR DG Major General Babar Iftikhar said that 375,000 intelligence-based operations were conducted by the Counter Terrorism Department, Frontier Corps, Pakistan Rangers, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) from 2017 to 2021. At least 335 terrorists were killed and many others arrested. The LEAs seized 72,000 weapons in operations across the country. The Army has so far demined 72 kilometres of area in merged Districts. “This is a painstaking and slow procedure,” he remarked. Two soldiers were martyred and 119 have been injured during the demining process. “Almost 42% of the area has been cleared.” During the process, 48,000 mines have been seized by the army, Major General Babar Iftikhar added.