The COAS said despite hurdles, peace and reconciliation of vital importance for larger settlement in Afghanistan.
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Stressing that “our environment and context needs to be understood”, he said, “We want to finish terrorists and their nurseries”, adding, “We expect from the global community to play its part for the regional peace”.
“Practical steps are required to manage the Pak-Afghan border for the gainful conclusion of Operation Zarb-e-Azb”, he was quoted by the London-based The Nation, as saying while addressing the South Asia Security Conference at the Marshal Centre in Munich, Germany.
General Sharif met Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces, General Sir Nicholas Houghton.
General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday urged all stakeholders to help revive reconciliation.
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif arrived in Britain on a three-day official visit, SAMAA reported on Wednesday. Moreover, Army chief expressed that the mega-project of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would bring about economic opulence as well as open ways of foreign investment in the country.
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He said that Pakistan’s anti-terror offensive, Operation Zarb-i-Azb, has had a positive effect on the country’s security situation and will ultimately rid it of terrorism.
