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Rawalpindi GHQ attackers demanded release of 100 terrorists |
Pakistan's ISPR DG Major General Athar Abbas has revealed that the Taliban militants, who
took 42 people hostage at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Saturday,
were demanding the release of about 100 terrorists. "Thir target was to take
senior officers of the GHQ hostage and make demands. The main demand was the release
of terrorists including high-profile ones. It included over 100 names, from all
the groups, all the terrorists across the board," the Daily Times quoted Abbas,
as saying. Earlier, the Pak-Taliban had claimed responsibility for the GHQ attack.
Abbas said the attackers were trained in South Waziristan. "The main training
area for this operation was in South Waziristan," he said, adding that intelligence
agencies had intercepted Taliban leader Waliur Rehman's telephone conversations
in this regard. Replying to a question, Abbas said the attack has prompted the
Pakistan Government and military to initiate an offensive in Waziristan at the
earliest. "They have taken a principled decision that there will be an operation
in this area. It is now a matter of military judgement, what is the appropriate
timing in the best national interests," he said. |
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