major general asif ghafoor was newly appointed dg ispr of pakistan army.
major general asif ghafoor was newly appointed dg ispr of pakistan army.
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ispr spokesman, major general asif ghafoor, tweeted: "recent terrorist acts are being executed on directions from hostile powers and from sanctuaries in afghanistan. we shall defend and respond". a few hours after the incident, the pakistan-afghanistan border was sealed indefinitely for security reasons. on 17 february, the pakistan army summoned afghan embassy officials to the general headquarters and handed over a list of 76 insurgents hiding in afghanistan. the army demanded that kabul take "immediate action" or have them "handed over to pakistan". the same day, army chief qamar javed bajwa made a telephone call to the general commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, john w. nicholson, and expressed concern over such incidents in pakistan linked to safe havens in afghanistan. bajwa stated "such terrorist activities and inaction against them are testing our current policy of cross border restraint" and urged nicholson for cooperation in dismantling the militant networks, in addition to briefing him about the list of wanted terrorists. later, pakistani security forces destroyed a dozen jamaat-ul-ahrar camps across the border in eastern afghanistan, and killed over a dozen militants including a top trainer of suicide bombers. the strikes were confirmed by afghan sources, who said that several pakistani artillery rounds had hit nangarhar province's lal pur district and that "15 to 20 terrorists, among them commander rehman baba, have been killed and many more injured." the afghan foreign ministry also protested the shelling by pakistan on its territory.
2017 sehwan suicide bombing
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major general athar abbas is a former director general of inter-services public relations (dg ispr) who has been serving as pakistan’s ambassador to ukraine since 2015. a two-star general of the pakistan army he served as dg of ispr from january 2008 to june 2012. he retired from active military service after 35 years in june 2012.









































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