Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in an interview with CNN has said that the armed forces were going after terrorists “without any discrimination”.
Answering a question about the armed forces’ viewpoint of militant groups, the ISPR DG said: “There are no good terrorists…..We are going against all terrorists without any discrimination of hue and color.”
Bajwa added that the army had cleared a major part of the North Waziristan tribal region during Operation Zarb-i-Azb except for a small belt near the Pak-Afghan border.
He further said that the operation against militant groups was underway with (targeted) air and gunship helicopter strikes and these were being followed by ground operations.
“I think there is no confusion in our mind that we have to go against the phenomenon of terrorism, against all terrorists, and their abettors,” he added.
When asked if the Pakistani army was doing enough in order to tackle the issue of militancy in the region, he said: “We’re very clear and we are capable of dealing with them.”
He also compared the performance and efficiency of Pakistan’s military with that of the US and Isaf forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The military spokesman cited the example of the recent attack in Paris and school shootouts that occur in the United States.
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He further said: “The whole nation has come together…You’ve seen the entire political leadership on one table and take certain decisions for the future of our country.”
Talking about relations with Afghanistan, especially in the wake of the Peshawar attack, the top military spokesman said: “Relations were already on a positive trajectory, especially ever since we had a new government in Afghanistan. There has been growing cooperation. There has been growing understanding between the two countries.”
