Pakistan’s claim to have killed 100 terrorists may not be credible

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Islamabad: Pakistan claimed to have killed close to onehundred terrorists including Uzbek commander Abu Rehman, who masterminded the Karachi airport attack.

Islamabad: Pakistan claimed to have killed close to onehundred terrorists including Uzbek commander Abu Rehman, who masterminded the Karachi airport attack. Pakistan claimed this was done by air strikes in North Waziristan.

Confirmation of such claims are not possible since media is not allowed to work in North Waziristan. Meanwhile militant sources deny Abu Rehman’s was killed.

Journalists who have been working in the region claim that militants have already left their hideouts a week ago predicting the threat of airstrikes. Therefore there is no confirmation or even credible assumption of the statements made by Pakistani officials.

Such statements look more like a media campaign to boost the moral of the nation, and re-build the respect for Pakistan’s armed forces in the country. This credibility was shaken after the recent Karachi Airport attacks.

Pakistan security officials released airstrike information through an international news agency. Some official sources are also giving news that 50 Pakistan-born Uzbeks were killed in Sundayโ€™s airstrike.

There is tremendous psychological and moral pressure on security forces in Pakistan after this remarkable and highly professional terror attack on the nations busiest airport.

Security officials claim tat over 100 militants were killed and eight hideouts destroyed in a predawn air strike launched by the Pakistani army in tribal area of North Waziristan. Reports further claim that Abu Rehman, a Pakistani-born Uzbek militant group leader who is believed to be the mastermind of the last Sunday attack on Karachi airport, was also killed in the operation.

The operation started at about 2:30 a.m. local time on Sunday morning when army F-16 fighter jets launched a massive air strike at eight hideouts of Uzbek militants in the Boya and Datta Khel Tehsil areas of North Waziristan, said the reports.

Both Pakistan Taliban and an al-Qaida-linked Uzbek militant group have claimed the responsibility for the Karachi attack.

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