The Dawn quoted the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) as saying that the operation was launched to reinforce troop deployment to “effectively check” movement of militants across the porous border.
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The ISPR said that the operation has been initiated to keep check on cross the border movement and additional contingents of army were deployed in Raj Gul valley of Khyber Agency.
In the last 24 months, the Army conducted operations Khyber I and Khyber II in order to move extremists away from Tirah Valley, a wooded region with about 500,000 square kilometers.
It should be noted that infiltration of the terrorists through the border areas have been a point of concern for both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The statement comes after Army chief General Raheel Sharif said that all efforts would be committed to ensuring peace and stability along the Pak-Afghan border. Investigation into the Bacha Khan University Attack in January established that the mastermind, planners and handlers had used Afghan soil and telecommunication network for executing the deadly strike that killed 18 people.
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