PESHAWAR: South Waziristan has been cleared of militants and there are no more insurgent hideouts in the tribal region, Major-General Nawaz Khan, the operations commander in the region, said.

Khan said after the completion of Rah-i-Nijat, the political administration of the region was very responsibly fulfilling its duties.

Briefing the media at the Rata Kulachi Stadium in Dera Ismail Khan, he said foreign forces were involved in the situation that developed in the region and that the Pakistan army has also arrested foreigners and seized foreign arms and ammunition.

Major-General Khan was surveying activities at a registration camp for the internally displaced and said the process of the IDPs repatriation was in progress. He further said that the repatriated IDPs will be provided with all sorts of facilities.

He further said that development and rebuilding of infrastructure was underway in South Waziristan. Schools and roads were also being built in the region, he said.

Courtesy by dawn.com