Operation Zarb-e-Azb
security. Also Zarb-e-Azb
A Pakistani military offensive launched on 15 June 2014 in North Waziristan, then part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and other militant groups, a week after the attack on Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. Tens of thousands of troops took part and many residents were displaced. The United States had long pressed Pakistan to act in North Waziristan, where the Haqqani Network was also based.12
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Sources
- Operation Zarb-e-Azb. Wikipedia. Reference
- Zarb-e-Azb to continue till elimination of terrorism: Gen Asim. Associated Press of Pakistan. Press
