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Pak army destroys Harkat training camp as Armitage arrives
Islamabad, Oct 05: Pakistan`s security forces have destroyed a militant training camp reportedly run by militant group Harkatul Mujahideen in North West Frontier Province, even as top US officials arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leadership.
Islamabad, Oct 05: Pakistan's security forces have destroyed a militant training camp reportedly run by
militant group Harkatul Mujahideen in North West Frontier Province, even as top US officials arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leadership.
Pakistan's paramilitary forces backed by the Pakistan Army scoured and dismantled a terrorist training facility in the northern areas yesterday, Pakistan defence spokesman, Maj Gen. Shoukat Sultan told reporters last night.
Troops from the paramilitary frontier corps and Pakistan army launched the operation in Tangir sub-division of Diamir district early morning to search the training camp. "It was a search and dismantle operation," sultan said.
Troops from the paramilitary frontier corps and Pakistan army launched the operation in Tangir sub-division of Diamir district early morning to search the training camp. "It was a search and dismantle operation," sultan said.
The raid on the camp coincided with us deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage and assistant secretary Christina Rocca's visit to Pakistan. The American officials are to hold talks with Pakistani leadership tomorrow.
The raid followed intelligence reports that there was a terrorist training camp in the area, Sultan said, adding the camp was a terrorist facility involved in domestic terrorism and blockade of the Karakoram highway. He, however, declined to name the group operating the camp.
Bureau Report