Pakistan Army Says It Killed 3,400 Militants Since June 2014

Pakistan’s military says it has achieved “phenomenal successes” in the war against terrorism by killing 3,400 “terrorists” since 2014, when it launched a major operation in a tribal region near Afghanistan.
Pakistan Army Says It Killed 3,400 Militants Since June 2014
Pakistani female police commandos attend a training session in Nowshera, near Peshawar Pakistan, on Feb. 11, 2015. Authorities formed a Special Combat Unit after Taliban militants stormed a Peshawar school on Dec. 16, 2014 and massacred 150 children and teachers. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
The Associated Press
12/12/2015
Updated:
12/12/2015

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s military says it has achieved “phenomenal successes” in the war against terrorism by killing 3,400 “terrorists” since 2014, when it launched a major operation in a tribal region near Afghanistan.

Army spokesman Lt. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa said in a statement Saturday that security forces are currently clearing out the “last pockets” of insurgents in the former militant stronghold of North Waziristan. Bajwa said the army lost 488 security personnel since June 2014 when it launched the operation there.

The military has stepped up its fight against terrorism since the Dec. 16, 2014 attack on a school in Peshawar killed nearly 150 people, mostly children.

North Waziristan was once considered to be the headquarters of the Pakistani Taliban, who have been fighting to overthrow the government in Islamabad.