ISLAMABAD: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman called on Italian Chief of Defence General Claudio Graziano on Saturday. The dignitaries discussed various matters of professional interest, a PAF press release read. The PAF chief is on official visit to Italy on the invitation of Italian Air Force. The air chief reiterated to cement the existing friendly relations and taking it to further heights. The Italian chief of the defence lauded the role of Pakistani security forces in general and Pakistan Air Force in particular for their unmatched resolve in fighting terrorism. Later in the day, the air chief also addressed an Italian think tank, where he talked about PAF’s leading role in the Operation Zarb-e-Azb. He said, “Pakistan Armed Forces started Operation Zarb-e-Azb in 2014…” PAF is operating with total precision, day and night in all weather conditions and its air strikes have effectively neutralized command and control centers, ammunition dumps, hideouts, bunkers of the terrorists and have caused major destruction in terms of terrorists killed and infrastructure destroyed. He said “These air operations against terrorists have also created ground environment for Pakistan Army to operate with minimum resistance and limit own casualties.”
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