Rawalpindi, Sep 3 - The lessons learnt from the military's anti-Taliban operations in the country's restive northwest were reviewed by the Pakistani Army at the Corps Commanders conference that began here Thursday.
Quoting military sources, Online news agency reported that during the course of the conference, the constructive and positive strategies of Pakistan Army in Operation
Rah-e-Rast in the Malakand division of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) were discussed.
The army says it has taken 90-95 percent of Swat and other areas of the Malakand division in the operations that began April 26.
Addressing the conference, the 121st in the series, Pakistani Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani expressed satisfaction at the operational preparedness of forces and noted the sacrifices made by the officers and soldiers who were killed in the Malakand operation.
The overall situation in the South Waziristan region of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along the border with Afghanistan after the killing of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in a US drone strike last month was also reviewed in detail.