Pakistan has incurred a colossal loss of $252 billion in the US-led war against terrorism, Strategic Research Institute (SRI), a research organization based in Islamabad, has revealed.
The loss sustained by Pakistan is nearly 8 times more than the financial assistance it received from the US during the war on terror which stands at $126 billion.
According to SRI, more than 83,000 Pakistani soldiers and civilians lost their lives in the war on terror while over 18,000 terrorists were killed during a series of different operations. Over 1,100 Al-Qaida terrorists were either captured or killed as well.
More than 1,237 kinetic operations, military action involving active warfare including lethal force, were conducted and 371,100 intelligence-based operations were carried out.
Of these, 50 were major operations, in which more than 72,000 weapons and 5 rounds of ammunition were recovered.
SRI has pointed out that Pakistan Army also launched several key operations including Rah-e-Rast, Rah-e-Nijat, Zarb-e-Azb, and Radd-ul-Fasaad to dismantle numerous terror networks.
Owing to the army’s successful military campaigns over the years, high impact terror incidents dropped from 90 in 2013 to 13 in 2020 while overall terror attacks witnessed an 85% decline during the same period.
Suicide bomb attacks decreased by 97% from 87 in 2009 to 3 in 2020 while 50% of security threats were averted by the army during the same period.
In order to stem militant infiltration and smuggling, Pakistan Army is also fencing the borders with Afghanistan and Iran. 83% of the 2,670 km border with Afghanistan has been secured while fencing has been completed on 37% of the 959 km border with Iran so far.
Cross-border terror attacks have been reduced by 55% and IED blasts in border areas by 16% since Pakistan Army started fencing the border with Afghanistan and Iran.
Via: SRI
