US official praises military operations

Says operations in North Waziristan Agency and other tribal areas have dismantled ‘terror infrastructure’ in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The United States has acknowledged that the ongoing military operations in North Waziristan Agency and other tribal areas have dismantled ‘terror infrastructure’ in Pakistan.

The acknowledgement came from US Undersecretary of Defence for Intelligence Micheal Vickers, who met army chief General Raheel Sharif at the GHQ in Rawalpindi on Monday.

Vickers is the principal civilian adviser and deputy to the US secretary of defence on issues concerning military intelligence.

A defence source said the army chief briefed Vickers about Pakistan’s efforts to eliminate terrorists. At the same time, Gen Raheel also stressed that other countries also needed to play their part in fighting the menace of terrorism.

According to the source, Gen Raheel informed the visiting American official that relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan had improved and the two countries had now better coordination to deal with militancy.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 17^th, 2015.