Pak Army hoists national flag on highest peak

RAWALPINDI: Operation Khyber-4 continues as its first phase has been completed with major achievement last night when troops, including SSG successfully cleared the highest and craggiest mountain top Brekh Muhammad Kandao near Pak-Afghan border and hoisted Pakistani flag there.

Many terrorists were killed while a few succeeded to flee away to Afghanistan. Pak Army destroyed the hideout of terrorists and recovered heavy cache of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) arms and ammunition.

After clearing the top, the forces have established posts on over 12,000 feet high feature riddled with thick forestation. This mountain top was being used by the terrorists as main observation point and their base as transit.

During the operation terrorists gave stiff resistance but could not sustain against determination of Pakistani troops. The mountain top was planned to be cleared little later as per initial plan but with high tempo operation it has been cleared well ahead of planned timings. — Online