700 Pakistani military personnel killed in 2 years: Asif

KABUL (Pajhwok): About 700 Pakistani military personnel have been killed in the past two years, the country’s defense ministry has said.

Daily Times quoted Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif as saying on Sunday, without providing clear details, that civilians and around 700 Pakistani military personnel have been killed over the past two years.

He claimed: “The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Baloch separatist group are fighting in Pakistan on behalf of New Delhi”

“Anyone who has even the slightest sympathy for these groups is not a Pakistani,” the Defense Minister added.

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