RAW-sponsored terror network dismantled in Bajaur

Security forces on Monday neutralised a major terrorist network during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Bajaur tribal district, killing two RAW-sponsored terrorists, military said.

The military's media wing, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in a statement that militant commanders Zubair and Aziz Ur Rehman alias Fida were killed during the encounter in a hideout near Tangi village in Bajaur.

These terrorists were involved in activities in Bajaur and Karachi and were also involved in a number of terrorism incidents against law enforcement agencies, government officials and innocent civilians, the ISPR said.

It said that the network was coordinating terrorist activities in various areas of Pakistan and received direct orders from their RAW-sponsored leadership from across the border.

The development comes days after Pakistan unveiled a dossier, containing "irrefutable evidence" of India's sponsorship of terrorism in Pakistan.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, during a press briefing, stated that India was trying to sabotage CPEC.

This week, Islamabad gave a briefing to the envoys of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which also included China, about the specific proofs of Indian involvement in terrorism in the country.

“The envoys were apprised of India’s involvement in planning, promoting, aiding, abetting, financing and execution of terrorist activities in Pakistan,” the Foreign Office said. “The dossiers containing irrefutable evidence … were handed over to them [envoys],” it added.

On Friday, China appreciated the “positive contribution” of Pakistan to the international counterterrorism efforts and supported Islamabad’s crackdown on terrorists.

Taking to the microblogging website, Twitter, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lijian Zhao also said that any attempt to sabotage the CPEC project would not succeed.

“China appreciates the positive contribution by Pakistan to the international counter-terrorism cause, firmly supports Pakistan in cracking down on terrorist forces. Attempts that aim to sabotage CPEC are doomed to fail,” Lijian said in his tweet.