ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Shaukat Sultan has said that local people and foreigners were among the 80 dead in Bajaur agency operation however no Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants were among the dead.
Addressing a press conference in ISPR Rawalpindi on Monday, Army spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan further said there were no women and children dead in this operation.
He said that the operation was carried out in Khar, area of Bajaur at 5:00 am in madrassa. The Army spokesman said Khar is situated 2.5 kilometer north of Afghanistan border.
"We received confirmed intelligence reports that 80 militants were hiding in a madrassa used as a terrorist-training facility, which was destroyed by an army strike, led by helicopters," Sultan said. He said that the madrassa was run by Moulvi Liaquat Ali.
Identification of foreigners died in this operation is yet ascertained, he maintained.
Answering a query, the Army spokesman rejected the allegations of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces and Afghan forces that infiltration was boosted in Afghanistan following tribal peace accord in North Waziristan.
He said Pakistan is fighting war against terrorism in the best interest of the country adding that Pakistan would not allow any one to use its soil for terrorist activities.
Responding to another question, DG ISPR added that no Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants were among the dead in this operation.
He told that Pakistan would continue fight against terrorism and extremism. Whoever will writ the challenge of government will have to face dire consequence, he remarked.
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