Pakistan has killed 2,825 militants in the tribal regions and Swat valley in the northwest since July 2007, a senior security official said on Monday.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said a total of 2,825 militants, including 581 foreigners, had been killed. A total of 1,400 miscreants, including 311, have been injured so far and a total of 2,774 militants, including 330 foreigners, have been arrested, said the official.
The News Network International (NNI) news agency quoted the official as saying that 386 army soldiers and 225 personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) were among the dead.
The official also confirmed that 1,622 army men were also injured in the operations during the same period.
A total of 88 suicide attacks, 769 Improvised Explosives Devices explosions, 520 fire raids, 79 ambushes and 128 physical attacks have occurred since July 2007, said the official.
He clarified that in those 88 suicide attacks, a total of 1,188people were killed and as many as 3,209 others injured. The official elaborated that those who were killed in suicide attacks included 174 army men, 45 FC personnel, 145 policemen and 847 civilians.
The NNI quoted the official as saying that a total of 98 security officials were killed and 145 officials wounded in Swat valley since November 2007. In the military operation continued in tribal area since November 2007 till date, a total of 611 security officials were killed and 1,622 wounded. Those killed included 386army men and 225 FC personal, said the official.
Source: Xinhua
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