COAS General Raheel Sharif visits Shawal, vows to cleanse area of terrorists

RAWALPINDI (92 News) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited Shawal and met the jawans at the frontline on Thursday. Addressing the troops, he resolved to cleanse the area of terrorists. “The terrorists will be isolated and their links with their abettors anywhere will be cut,” he said. He appreciated the jawans for gaining extraordinary successes in the Operation Zarb-e-Azb. “We will not allow anyone to kill our people and children in the country. We will also expose all faces that helped them at any stage in anyway," said the COAS. According to the Inter Services Public Relations, the COAS was also briefed that important mountains of Shawal had been occupied and terrorists' supply lien had been cut. As a result, terrorists have been besieged. About 203 terrorists have been killed in the operation in Shawal in a week.