Question : Which of the following country’s army has recently launched “Radd-ul-Fasaad “ , a military campaign to wipe out terrorist organizations and fundamentalists (orthodox ) from the country?
(a) Syria
(b) India
(c) Pakistan
(d) Iraq
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On 22nd February , 2017, the Pakistani army launched a new military campaign named Radd-ul-fasaad across the country to wipe out terrorists, their organizations and fundamentalists (Orthodox).
- Pak Military has started the campaign after the killing of 88 people in suicide attack in Sufi Dargah Lal Shahbah Kaldar in Sindh province some days before.
- The Operation aims to indiscriminately eliminate the residual/latent threat of terrorism, consolidating the gains made in other military operations, and further ensuring the security of Pakistan’s borders.
- Radd-ul- Fasaad literally means ‘Elimination of discord’.
- Pakistan’s Army, Air Force, Navy and all other security and intelligence agencies would participate in this all-out operation.
- A campaign named Zarb-e-Azhab was launched in 2014 by the Pakistani army to disperse the militants from the North Waziristan region on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Reference :
https://www.dawn.com/news/1316332
http://pakobserver.net/operation-raad-ul-fasad/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Radd-ul-Fasaad