Pakistan Army retakes GHQ, frees hostages, captures militant
Pakistani commandos stormed an office building on Sunday and rescued 39 people taken hostage by suspected Taliban militants after a brazen attack on the army’s headquarters.
Saturday’s attack on the tightly guarded army headquarters in Rawalpindi, next door to capital Islamabad, came as the military prepared an offensive against the militants in their stronghold of South Waziristan on the Afghan border.
The strike at the heart of the powerful military called into question government assertions that the militants were virtually crippled by recent setbacks.
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Saturday’s attack on the tightly guarded army headquarters in Rawalpindi, next door to capital Islamabad, came as the military prepared an offensive against the militants in their stronghold of South Waziristan on the Afghan border.
The strike at the heart of the powerful military called into question government assertions that the militants were virtually crippled by recent setbacks.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.indianexpress.com
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