30 March 2017•Update: 30 March 2017
By Aamir Latif
KARACHI, Pakistan
A Russian military delegation visited the restive North and South Waziristan tribal regions on Thursday, Pakistan’s army has confirmed.
Russia’s Deputy Chief of General Staff, Col. General Israkov Sergi Yuryevich, led the visitors.
A Pakistan army statement said the delegation was briefed about efforts to clear the northwestern tribal region along the Afghan border from terrorists belonging to different militant groups, mainly Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The delegation, also accompanied by Pakistan's Lt. Gen. Nazir Butt, was also briefed about border management and socio-economic development projects in the area for enduring stability, it added.
North Waziristan and South Waziristan are two of seven tribal regions in Pakistan where the army launched full-scale onslaughts to clear them from TTP and its allies in 2014 and 2009 respectively.
The army claims to have cleared militants from 90 percent of the region.
