'Mullen quoted out of context on NWA operation'

A handout picture shows US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen (L) talking with Pakistan's Army Cheif General Ashfaq Kayani during their meeting in Rawalpindi on December 16, 2009. PHOTO: EPA

ISLAMABAD:?Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani said the statement made by US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Admiral Mike Mullen regarding the United States is losing patience with the army’s reluctance to take action in North Waziristan, had been published out of context.

Speaking to the media during the lunch hosted for Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at the Prime Minister House on Saturday, he said that the decision to launch an operation in North Waziristan can only be made by the government and political leaders, and the army can only launch it after their approval.

Pakistan has long been under?pressure by the US to launch a military offensive in North Waziristan. The Foreign Office however has denied being under US pressure to launch an offensive in the northwestern region which the US calls a ‘hub of militant activity’, saying that the operation will be launched only if it is in?Pakistan’s ‘interest’.

Last month,?The Express Tribune reported that the government had?authorised Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to take a final decision on when and how to launch a military operation in the North Waziristan tribal region.

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Forces kill militants 9 continuous operation of FATA

Forces claimed destroyed four caches of activists, but these claims could not be the subject of an independent audit.

PESHAWAR:Security forces claim to have killed nine militants and wounding 12 others in high Orakzai Office administrators including tribal areas (Fata).

Security sources declared activists targeted combat helicopters caches in Khdezai, Daper Pajar and Kasa, Saifal Darra in Tehsil Ismail Zai.Les areas security forces also claimed destroyed four militants hideouts in these areas.However, claims can be independently verified.

Previously, the military claimed that Orakzai Agency has been cleared of activists, including repatriation of IDPs commencés.Cependant, there were several attacks on security officers and persons who have returned subject to maintain peace in their respective fields.

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Operation Orakzai kills 13 militants

The fight against militancy in Orakzai has intensified since Friday when six paramilitary soldiers, including a senior officer were killed in an attack on a convoy of security forces bomb in restive tribal region.

ORAKZAI: security forces killed 13 militants during an operation of the Agency's Orakzai high on Sunday.

According to express 24/7 reporting justice Firdous, activists were killed after combat helicopters targeted the bastions of activists, killing 13 and wounding seven activists and destroying two caches.

The fight against militancy in Orakzai has intensified since Friday when six paramilitary soldiers, including a senior officer were killed in the attack of a bomb on a convoy of security forces in the tribal region agitée.Le (CF) paramilitary Frontier corps convoy attacked by an explosive improvised (FDI) in the region of Yakh Kandaw high Orakzai Agency.

Security forces were also killed 10 militants into the Upper Orakzai Office more early Saturday

Operation in the Agency Orakzai had ended officially, but the region has seen some militant activities aims as sabotage peace in the region.

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