On Sunday, the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan stated that the operation against the Pakistani Taliban would continue until the group, which he referred to as “the scourge of Khawarij,” is destroyed. Asim Munir emphasized that the Taliban and its supporters would pay the price for their “wicked activities” against the Pakistani government.
Following the deaths of many Pakistani soldiers in a Taliban attack in South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, General Munir visited the Wana region on Sunday.