Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor on Monday announced the successful completion of Operation Khyber-4 which was launched on July 15.
“We have achieved our ground objectives in Rajgal and Shawal valleys,” Maj Gen Ghafoor said in a televised press conference.
Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army were martyred and 15 injured during the operation, which was meant to clear out terrorist hideouts from the target areas.
The army’s spokesman aired a brief documentary of the operation before detailing the progress of Operation Raddul Fasaad across the country.
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The DG ISPR briefed the press on development programmes being undertaken in areas that were cleared during counter-insurgency operations, including infrastructural development, youth employment and deradicalisation programmes.
