{"id":2802,"date":"2025-06-12T10:34:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T05:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:32:24","slug":"us-centcom-chief-praises-pakistans-counterterrorism-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/12\/us-centcom-chief-praises-pakistans-counterterrorism-role","title":{"rendered":"US Centcom Chief Praises Pakistan\u2019s Counterterrorism Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"522\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander General Michael Erik Kurilla has hailed Pakistan as a vital partner in the international counterterrorism campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"522\">Speaking before the US Senate Armed Services Committee, General Kurilla acknowledged Pakistan\u2019s strategic importance in combating terrorism, particularly in operations targeting ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"1105\"><strong data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"574\">Pakistan&#8217;s Intelligence Cooperation Recognized<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"1105\">General Kurilla noted Pakistan\u2019s constructive and proactive role in sharing intelligence and conducting high-impact operations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"1105\">He credited Pakistan\u2019s efforts in capturing and transferring multiple ISIS-K operatives, including key leadership figures.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"1105\">A major highlight was the apprehension of Jaafar\u2014the mastermind behind the Abbey Gate bombing\u2014facilitated by Pakistan\u2019s intelligence apparatus.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"1105\">Kurilla revealed that Pakistan\u2019s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, personally informed US officials following the arrest.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1687\"><strong data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1148\">Active Operations Amid Rising Threats<\/strong><br data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1151\" \/>According to General Kurilla, ISIS-K remains active in the region, especially near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1687\">Despite the threats, Pakistan continues to carry out precise and effective counterterrorism operations with limited but strategic intelligence support.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1687\">He reported over 1,000 terrorist incidents in western Pakistan since early 2024, leading to approximately 700 fatalities and 2,500 injuries among civilians and security forces.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1687\">These numbers underline Pakistan\u2019s ongoing, high-stakes campaign against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1689\" data-end=\"1956\">Kurilla emphasized that the group has suffered significant losses recently, weakening its capabilities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1689\" data-end=\"1956\">He also reaffirmed the importance of maintaining strong relations with both Pakistan and India, clarifying that it is not a zero-sum scenario for US diplomacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander General Michael Erik Kurilla has hailed Pakistan as a vital partner in the international counterterrorism campaign. Speaking before the US Senate Armed Services Committee, General Kurilla acknowledged Pakistan\u2019s strategic importance in combating terrorism, particularly in operations targeting ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K). Pakistan&#8217;s Intelligence Cooperation Recognized General Kurilla noted Pakistan\u2019s constructive and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1131,160,1413,24],"class_list":["post-2802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-counterterrorism","tag-headline","tag-isisk","tag-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2804,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802\/revisions\/2804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}