COAS General Asim Munir said the Pakistan Army could never be coerced by the cowardly tactics of terrorists . The army chief made the remarks while interacting with officers and troops during a visit to Khyber Pakhtunkhwas Bannu district . A day ago nine soldiers were martyred while five others were injured in a suicide attack at a military convoy in Bannus general area of Janikhel .
The COAS said such elements have a misbelief that they can challenge the iron resolve of the soldiers and writ of the state . Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities in recent months especially in KP and Balochistan after the outlawed TTP ended its ceasefire with the government in November last year .
A report released in July by the think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies said the first half of the current year witnessed a steady and alarming rise in terror and suicide attacks claiming the lives of people across the country .
At least four terrorists were killed in a gun battle in South Waziristan district last week . A soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with militants in the gun battle with the TTP last week. That was the military’s highest singleday death toll from terrorist attacks reported this year.
That is the militarys most recent death toll reported this month. At least six soldiers embraced martyrdom in Balochistans in a fire raid in February . That was the military. The ISPR said last week’S death toll. In August six soldiers. At at least four members of the ISPR’.
At the time. In September, the military was killed. at least three terrorists were martysars were killed. In October, the ISHR said .
