Defence Secretary Major General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne said the Special Task Force (STF) has a major role to play in countering extremism and organised crimes, reports Daily Mirror on May 29. The Defence Secretary expressed these views while addressing the STF troops during his maiden visit to STF headquarters since he assumed duties as the Defence Secretary. Expressing his gratitude to over 700 STF personnel, who suffered severe injuries during the war against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorism, he said the STF had kept a remarkable stride in Sri Lanka’s 30-year long war fighting with LTTE terrorism, in which many heroic men and women of the STF had sacrificed with their lives and limbs.