RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Sunday reiterated that military operations would continue to clear all the terrorists from urban centres and remote areas at all costs to bring peace and prosperity in the country. He reaffirmed Pakistan Army's determination to take the ongoing military operations to a logical conclusion. The terrorists squeezed in isolated pockets would be targeted with precision for elimination, he added.

The COAS expressed its resolve during his visit to Peshawar. He was briefed on security in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa/FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas), Operation Zarb-e-Azb and ongoing operation in Khyber Agency which is making steady progress, said ISPR DG Maj-Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa in his tweet on social media.

General Raheel Sharif also visited Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar and met the wounded soldiers.

He said the resolve and indomitable spirit of injured was highly reassuring asset for Army and the nation.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2015