Pakistan witnesses 80 per cent decline in terror attacks

Islamabad, June 8 (IANS) Pakistani security forces on Tuesday claimed to have curtailed militant activities by around 80 per cent since the December 2014 deadly terror attack on an Army-run public school in Peshawar.

More than 7,000 hardcore terrorists have been arrested and over 2,400 militants killed in a countrywide swoop after the terror attack which prompted the government to launch the National Action Plan (NAP) to counter militancy, official statistics released here showed.

�It�s official now. Terrorist activities declined 80 per cent in the past 17 months in Pakistan,� revealed an official progress report prepared by the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA).

Law enforcement agencies arrested 4,388 key terrorists and 2,255 militants killed in various operations against armed militias across the country in the last one-and-half years, read the report obtained by Geo News.

The attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar on December 16, 2014, which claimed over 150 lives — mostly of school children, was claimed by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.