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Insurgency In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah (Pakistan), Jundallah, Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, TNSM, al-Qaeda, and their Central Asian allies such as the Islamic State – Khorasan Province, ISIL–Khorasan (ISIL), Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Turkistan Islamic Party, East Turkistan Movement, Islamic State – Caucasus Province, Emirate of Caucasus, and elements of Organised crime in Pakistan, organized crime.Varun Vira and Anthony Cordesma"Pakistan: Violence versus Stability: A Net Assessment." ''Center for Strategic and International Studies'', 25 July 2011. Formerly a war, it is has now transformed into an insurgency, as of 2017. The armed conflict began in 2004 when tensions rooted in the Pakistan Army's Battle of Wanna, search for al-Qae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Bajaur
The Battle of Bajaur (), also known as Operation Sherdil, was a military campaign in the Bajaur region of Pakistan. It was conducted on 7 August 2008 by the Frontier Corps and Infantry Brigade of Pakistan army. The operation was primarily launched to end the political movement of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. Bajaur area was administered by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan until 2007, and it remained Al-Qaeda's central command and control for carrying out activities in Northeast Afghanistan and Kunar province. Recent reports indicate that ongoing conflict has newly displaced an estimate of 7,000 people between 3 and 4 March in Nurgal district. Ambush in Bajaur During the early days of August in 2008, a check-post was established by the Frontier Corps to seize control of the Afghan-Pakistan border crossing over Tehrik-e-Taliban. Check-post was constructed near the town of Loyesam which is 12 km away from Khaar. Loyesam (or Loisam) is a strategic position that controls pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Rah-e-Shahadat
Operation Rah-e-Shahadat ( English: Path of Martyrdom; Urdu:راه شهادث), was a codename of a joint military operation that was commenced on 5 April 2013 by the Pakistan Army, with assistance provided by the PAF and Navy for air support. In close coordination with Local Peace Committee (''Aman Lashkar''), the army troops and special operations forces, aided by Frontier Corps, to flush out TTP and LeI militants from the Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency. At least four Pakistani soldiers and 14 insurgents were killed while 5 soldiers were also wounded. In a major aerial operation, the Pakistan Air Force The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy when re ... and navy fighter jets pounded hideouts of banned group LeI in and according to military intelligence reports, many mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Koh-e-Sufaid
Operation Koh-e-Sufaid (Urdu: ; Pashto: ) was an operation led by Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistani forces in the Kurram Agency in 2011. The operation took place from 4 July to 18 August 2011. The main goal of the operation was to destroy Taliban structures in the Kurram Agency and to secure the Thal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Thall-Parachinar transit route.On 18th August 2011, Pakistan Army officially declared victory of operation. On the same day, General Kayani visited the Upper Kurram Tehsil, Upper Kurram to celebrate the victory of campaign. The operation was a success for the Pakistani Army and it led to the elimination of Taliban structures in Kurram District, Kurram. The writ of Government of Pakistan was restored in entire Kurram till Durand Line, Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Etymology The Operation was codenamed after Spīn Ghar, Koh-e-Sufaid range of mountains, also known as White Mountains, Afghanistan, white mountains or Spīn Ghar, Spin Ghar located on Durand Line, Afgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Chitral Cross-border Attacks
The 2011 Chitral cross-border attacks were a series of attacks that occurred in the Chitral district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The attacks were carried out by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) who crossed from Afghanistan. Background The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), had escalated their attacks in the western regions of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan. Numerous Pakistani Taliban fighters had sought refuge in Afghanistan as a response to military operations conducted by the Pakistani Army. In Afghanistan, they joined forces with allies to regroup and pose a threat to the border regions of Pakistan. The attacks On 28 August 2011, 300 Taliban fighters infiltrated from Afghanistan and carried out a pre-dawn assault on Pakistani paramilitary posts situated in the Chitral district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. This attack commenced by hundreds of Taliban fighters at approximately 4 am and persisted throughout the day. The death toll for the Pakistani Army resulted from this cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Of Osama Bin Laden
On 2 May 2011, the United States conducted Operation Neptune Spear, in which SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden at his " Waziristan Haveli" in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden, who founded al-Qaeda and orchestrated the September 11 attacks, had been the subject of a United States military manhunt since the beginning of the War in Afghanistan, but escaped to Pakistan— allegedly with Pakistani support—during or after the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001. The mission was part of an effort led by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), with the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) coordinating the Special Mission Units involved in the raid. In addition to SEAL Team Six, participating units under JSOC included the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) and the CIA's Special Activities Division, which recruits heavily from among former JSOC Special Mission Units. Approved by American president Barack Obama and involving two dozen Navy S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orakzai And Kurram Offensive
The Orakzai and Kurram offensive, also known as Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham (; ) was a Pakistani military operation against the Tehrik-i-Taliban in the Orakzai and Kurram agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan that began on 23 March 2010. It was part of the War in North-West Pakistan. Timeline Start of offensive On 23 March 2010, the Pakistani Army launched a military operation to clear Taliban insurgents from Orakzai Agency. Pakistani general Tariq Khan stated:This will finish in a couple of months. We'll take care of all of them. We're just waiting for the major operations—like Orakzai and North Waziristan—to finish, to spare us the troops to start changing our methodology. Instead of kinetic, concentrated operations, we start search and cordon and sting operations, for which actually you need more boots on the ground.On 1 April security forces claimed to have taken complete control of the Lower Orakzai Agency. On 12 April security forces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Black Thunderstorm
Operation Black Thunderstorm was a military operation that commenced on 26 April 2009, conducted by the Pakistan Army, with the aim of retaking Buner, Lower Dir, Swat and Shangla districts from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan after the militants took control of them since the start of the year. Background A temporary ceasefire was called in the Malakand region on 16 February 2009. The provincial government agreed to allow the implementation of Sharia in the region once violence had stopped. Sufi Muhammad traveled to Swat to discuss peace with Fazlullah and his followers, who agreed to observe the ceasefire. On 24 February 2009 Muslim Khan, spokesperson of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) publicly announced that his group would observe an indefinite ceasefire. The ANP, the governing party of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sent the bill to President Asif Ali Zardari, who delayed signing it into law until "the writ of the government adbeen established." Soon after that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2009
The Nizam-e-Adl Regulation () was a controversial act, passed on April 13, 2009 by Government of Pakistan that formally established Sharia law in the Malakand division. PPP-led central government passed the bill after a coalition partner ANP government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa negotiated the peace deal with outlawed Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi. Background In the wake of the U.S. invasion of neighboring Afghanistan and the resurgence of the Taliban, regions surrounding the Afghan-Pakistani border suffered great destabilization. After the siege of Lal Masjid in 2007, Pakistani troops and Islamic militants vied for control of the Swat Valley. Reports suggested that hard-line cleric Maulana Fazlullah and his Taliban-aligned Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) had established control of 59 villages in the region and as much as 70 percent of the Swat. In an effort to end the violence the Awami National Party-led provincial government of the North-West Frontier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Janbaz
The Pakistan Army General Headquarters attack (Codename: Operation Janbaz; ), was a hostage-rescue mission carried by SSG Division on 10 October 2009, when 10 gunmen in military uniform opened fire on the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. The attack killed nine soldiers, nine militants and two civilians and was a major escalation in Pakistan's domestic insurgency. One militant was wounded and captured by security forces. Soon after the attack, the militants infiltrated the security buildings where 22 civilian and military officials were held hostage by the militants. The Pakistan Army immediately launched a hostage rescue operation led by the SSG Division, Army Special Forces and the 13th Regular Regiment. Background The Pakistan Army and Pakistani officials have speculated that the attack could have been in retaliation for a series of planned operations in South Waziristan. A report published in ''The News International'' on 5 October, quoting Interior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Khyber Pass Offensive
The 2009 Khyber Pass offensive was an offensive military campaign by Pakistani Army against Islamic militants from Lashkar-e-Islam in and near the Khyber Pass. The offensive was launched after a series of suicide bombings, including one at a police station where 17 cadets were killed. After two months, Pakistan Army defeated the militants and cleared the area from the militants. Military offensives Pakistan Army launched an offensive campaign against militants after series of suicide bombings. The Pakistan Army infantry troops quickly launched operation which concluded with destroyed 4 militant bases, killed 40 militants, and captured 43 militants, according to Pakistan Army. Human Rights organizations claim ''Pakistani security forces executed surrendering militants'', a claim which was denied by Pakistan. Outside a press briefing to journalists by local governor Tariq Hayat, a truck loaded with the bodies of militants and weapons seized from militants were displayed outside o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
