Pakistan to Fight Terror to Logical End: Minister

Pakistani commandos arrive at an air force base in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Militants in northwestern Pakistan attacked an air force base on the outskirts of Peshawar early Friday, triggering a shootout that left at least 20 wounded and

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is determined to continue war against terrorism with full zeal till its logical end, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said.

Operation Zarb-e-Azb was launched to eradicate terrorism from the country and was going on successfully, Radio Pakistan quoted Asif as saying on Saturday.

Peace in Afghanistan Needed to End Violence: Pakistan 'Pakistan Attack was Planned From Afghanistan'

As a result of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, terrorists shifted their hideouts to Afghanistan and had been planning terrorist activities from there.

He said the mastermind of Pakistan Air Force camp incident that claimed at least 42 lives, among them 13 terrorists, were the same who attacked Army Public School Peshawar.

December 16, 2014 attack on Army Public School Peshawar was carried out by Pakistani Taliban guerrillas that left over 150 people, mostly children, dead.