PESHAWAR: A delegation of diplomats and UN representatives visited Miramshah in North Waziristan on Thursday.

According to a statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations, Minister for State and Frontier Regions Lt-Gen (R) Abdul Qadir Baloch, Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and Corps Commander Peshawar Hidayat ur Rehman accompanied the delegation.

The dignitaries were briefed about the operation Zarb-i-Azb by the operational commander and success achieved, so far. More than 1,000 terrorists had been killed since June 2014 when operation Zarb-i-Azb was launched. The long stretch of Mirali and Miramshah had also been cleared of militants, they were informed.

Take a look: Miramshah in pictures: After the troops march in

The delegation was taken around the destroyed and captured militant hideouts, factories manufacturing improvised explosive devices, tunnels, suicide bombing training centres and arms and ammunition recovered from them, said the press release.

The delegation paid tributes to martyrs and lauded the security forces and Pakistani nation in their fight against terrorism. They hoped peace and stability will soon govern the region.

The delegation included ambassadors of Afghanistan and the Netherlands, Australian High Comm­issioner, Charge d’ Affairs of Argentina, US and Germany and representatives from the UNDP, UNHCR in Pakistan and the World Food Programme.

The UN agencies are providing food, health and other basic facilities to over half-a-million internally-displaced persons of North Waziristan Agency who are residing in tents and rented houses.

Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2015

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