Pakistan armed forces’ former spokesperson, Major General (retd) Athar Abbas, said on Monday that the army had decided to conduct a military operation against terrorists in North Waziristan. Still, all preparations stopped because the then army chief, General (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, hesitated.
In his interview with the British media, Athar Abbas said that the military leadership had decided to go for an all-out military operation in 2010, following which preparations to conduct the same were completed over one whole year. He said it was General (retd) Kayani’s reluctance that brought the matter t
